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federated-login -p tandfonline lands on a 404 (institutional-login URL is stale) #10

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Summary

instsci federated-login -p tandfonline opens the browser and navigates to:

https://www.tandfonline.com/institutional-login

which now returns HTTP 404 (Page not found). Taylor & Francis appears to have retired/moved that institutional-login entry point, so the federated login for tandfonline dead-ends before an institution can be selected.

Repro

instsci federated-login -p tandfonline (on Python 3.12 so the browser actually launches — see the separate 3.14 issue).

Observed: the CloakBrowser window lands on the T&F 404 page instead of an institutional-login / WAYF screen.

Notes / suggestion

  • This is the "publisher adapters drift" failure mode — the hardcoded login URL went stale.
  • The current T&F access entry appears to be the per-article "Access through your institution" / Shibboleth SSO start flow rather than a global /institutional-login page. Routing via the article URL (federated-login -u <article-url>) and the publisher's SSO-start endpoint, or via SeamlessAccess, would be more durable than a fixed login path.
  • Suggest adding a lightweight "expected login landing page" check so a moved URL surfaces a clear adapter-stale error instead of silently showing a publisher 404.

Found while testing tandfonline access for a UK/AU institution.

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