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Maximo Mobile app experiences data download timeouts with SAML authentication enabled

Troubleshooting


Problem

The Maximo Mobile app may experience failures during initial data download with the 'Function list' download indicating 'waiting for network' and 'server not reachable'. 

Logs show continuous timeouts on a specific endpoint, with errors:
'The request timed out.' (NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1001) on Mobile side and 'upstream timed out (110: Connection timed out)' in the CoreAPI pod logs.

Symptom

The issue is characterized by 'waiting for network' and 'server not reachable' messages.

The issue is further evidenced by a Gateway Timeout (HTTP 504) error after 60 seconds for the URL: 
https://api.MasAddress/mobile/packages?workspaceId=YourWorkspace&lean=1&relativeuri=1&internalvalues=1&ctx=mobile%3D1

Cause

The issue is caused by a misconfiguration where LDAP properties are not correctly set to 0 when SAML authentication is in use.

Diagnosing The Problem

Analyze Mobile and API logs to identify timeout errors and request failures.

Try to make the same call that is failing on Mobile directly on your browser, if it fails

Check System Properties mxe.AllowLDAPUsers and mxe.useSAML for potential misconfigurations.

Resolving The Problem

After checking the System Properties, if your have SAML authentication, you must set the mxe.AllowLDAPUsers property to 0.

Retest the API call and login on the device after making configuration changes.

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
04 February 2026

UID

ibm17259640