Fix a typo when comparing the URI & method during UI Auth. (#7689)

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/changelog.d/7689.bugfix b/changelog.d/7689.bugfix
new file mode 100644

index 0000000000..10ad4c8c13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/7689.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Compare the URI and method during user interactive authentication (instead of the URI twice). Bug introduced in 1.13.0rc1.
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/auth.py b/synapse/handlers/auth.py

index 119678e67b..b01124fe42 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/auth.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/auth.py
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
 
         # Convert the URI and method to strings.
         uri = request.uri.decode("utf-8")
-        method = request.uri.decode("utf-8")
+        method = request.method.decode("utf-8")
 
         # If there's no session ID, create a new session.
         if not sid: