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Gmail Calendar Issue

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Hi,

I am a beginner TB user. I upgraded my Thunderbird to v78.1.1 and all of my calendars switched off.

I have tried adding the calendars again but I get this error:

An error occurred when writing to the calendar Gmail! Please see below for more information. DETAILS: Modifications failed. If you're seeing this message after snoozing or dismissing a reminder and this is for a calendar you do not want to add or edit events for, you can mark this calendar as read-only to avoid such experience in future. To do so, get to the calendar properties by right-clicking on this calendar in the list in the calendar or task view.

The calendar that becomes visible/enabled is just 'Read only'. I can't add events to it.

I have already tried enabling and disabling Provider for Google Calendar and restarting TB. I have already tried using Public address 'iCal format' and 'Secret address'. In TB, I choose iCS and CalDAV both when trying to get it working. I can't find the guide I used to setup my calendars originally. I do not know which was the right option.

There was no pop-up requiring me to enter my Gmail account details. (I am testing with setting up an account for which I do not sync emails)

How can I deal with this?

Thank you for your time.

Sajid.

Hi, I am a beginner TB user. I upgraded my Thunderbird to v78.1.1 and all of my calendars switched off. I have tried adding the calendars again but I get this error: An error occurred when writing to the calendar Gmail! Please see below for more information. DETAILS: Modifications failed. If you're seeing this message after snoozing or dismissing a reminder and this is for a calendar you do not want to add or edit events for, you can mark this calendar as read-only to avoid such experience in future. To do so, get to the calendar properties by right-clicking on this calendar in the list in the calendar or task view. The calendar that becomes visible/enabled is just 'Read only'. I can't add events to it. I have already tried enabling and disabling Provider for Google Calendar and restarting TB. I have already tried using Public address 'iCal format' and 'Secret address'. In TB, I choose iCS and CalDAV both when trying to get it working. I can't find the guide I used to setup my calendars originally. I do not know which was the right option. There was no pop-up requiring me to enter my Gmail account details. (I am testing with setting up an account for which I do not sync emails) How can I deal with this? Thank you for your time. Sajid.

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Are you using the provider for Google calendar addon in Thunderbird? It is broken at the moment.

Modified by Matt

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Matt said

Are you using the provider for Google calendar addon in Thunderbird? It is broken at the moment.

Thank you for replying.

Yes I was using Provider for Google Calendar. If it is broken, how can it be installed? The Add-on store restricts users from downloading apps not compatible with your version of Tb.

After reading a few similar threads, I discovered TbSync. It seems to have solved the issue for now.

Also, I read that "Lighting" was integrated into TB 78. Does that mean we do not need add-ons like Tbsync and Provider for Google Calendar to Sync calendars?

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Today's update is that even with TbSync installed, all my GMAIL calendars except 1 became gray again. I can't re-enable them. Same error message: The provider for this calendar could not be found. I didn't Uninstall any add-on TB Current version: 78.2.1 I have tried disabling the TbSync and restarting TB to enable it again. Didn't work.


> Need help please !! :(