"Failed to authenticate" Error when Creating New User

Operating system and version: Cloudlinux 7.9
Apache or nginx version: Apache 2.4.55
PHP version : 8.1
Nextcloud Hub 3: 25.0.3
Connecting using web browser (Chrome).

New setup. I am trying to add new user.

Log states that “login failed.”

Confirmed that the date/time of the server is correct (this seemed to be a common issue with other users facing the same issue).

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Nextcloud version (eg, 20.0.5): 25.0.3
Operating system and version (eg, Ubuntu 20.04): Cloudlinus 7.9
Apache or nginx version (eg, Apache 2.4.25): Apache 2.4.55
PHP version (eg, 7.4): 8.1

The issue you are facing: I am receiving a “Failed to authenticate” error when trying to add a new user.

Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Y):

Steps to replicate it:

  1. Go Users page
  2. Create a New User
  3. Fill out the form
  4. Click on add new user
  5. Type in the password a second time
  6. Confirm

The output of your Nextcloud log in Admin > Logging:

Level: Warning
App: Core
Message: Login failed: 'jackson' (Remote IP: '75.79.209.23')	

The output of your config.php file in /path/to/nextcloud (make sure you remove any identifiable information!):

<?php
$CONFIG = array (
  'instanceid' => 'ocwrisw1ouep',
  'passwordsalt' => 'ahu6FGjh659087GHkkh59igDaEuolKGdrY6',
  'secret' => 'yHfD59fJ6D4S0lKj765fHkGssaMk95G4dsN',
  'trusted_domains' => 
  array (
    0 => 'www.xxx.yyy.com',
    1 => 'xxx.yyy.com',
    2 => 'http://xxx.yyy.com',
    3 => 'https://xxx.yyy.com',
    4 => 'http://www.xxx.yyy.com',
    5 => 'https://www.xxx.yyy.com',
  ),
  'datadirectory' => '/home/zzz/xxx.yyy.com/data',
  'dbtype' => 'mysql',
  'version' => '25.0.3.2',
  'overwrite.cli.url' => 'http://www.xxx.yyy.com',
  'dbname' => 'ddd_xxx',
  'dbhost' => 'localhost',
  'dbport' => '',
  'dbtableprefix' => 'oc_',
  'dbuser' => 'ddd_xxx',
  'dbpassword' => '1234567',
  'mysql.utf8mb4' => true,
  'installed' => true,
  'default_phone_region' => 'US',
  'mail_domain' => 'web.com',
  'mail_from_address' => 'user',
  'mail_smtpmode' => 'smtp',
  'mail_sendmailmode' => 'smtp',
);

The output of your Apache/nginx/system log in /var/log/____:

No access—shared server.
Output errors in nextcloud.log in /var/www/ or as admin user in top right menu, filtering for errors. Use a pastebin service if necessary.

Don't see any.

I discovered that I was able to create a new user when using a Mac FireFox browser (109.0.1).

Mac Chrome 110.0.5481.100 (latest build) and two Mac Safari browsers (16.3; 13.1.2) showed the error.

I presume that this is a bug.