Convert errors from django_openid_auth to python-social-auth with Launchpad backend

[Copilot]

django_openid_auth is deprecated. Replace it with python-social-auth (social-auth-app-django), which provides a built-in LaunchpadOpenId backend that handles authentication via login.launchpad.net out of the box.

Changes

• settings.py: OpenIDBackend → LaunchpadOpenId, social_django in INSTALLED_APPS, all OPENID_* settings removed, LOGIN_URL → /login/launchpad/, SOCIAL_AUTH_LOGIN_ERROR_URL → /login-failed
• urls.py: social_django.urls mounted at /login/ (provides /login/launchpad/ and /login/complete/launchpad/), removed stale commented-out django_openid_auth URL
• config.py: Removed unused openid_trust_root setting
• pyproject.toml: Added social-auth-app-django>=5.0.0 to dev deps

Removed

• All OPENID_* settings (no longer needed)
• OPENID_LAUNCHPAD_TEAMS_MAPPING (Launchpad team-to-group mapping dropped)
• openid_trust_root from config.py
• Custom backends.py and oidc.py from previous iterations

Unchanged

• auth.py group-based authorization (@can_see_stacktraces) — uses Django groups, backend-agnostic
• logout_view / login_failed views
• context_processors.py — builds login URL from settings.LOGIN_URL
• index.html — login.ubuntu.com profile link preserved

Deployment note

No special configuration is required beyond installing the social-auth-app-django package and running migrations for social_django. The LaunchpadOpenId backend authenticates users via login.launchpad.net using OpenID 2.0 without needing client credentials.

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<issue_title>Convert errors to using django-oauth-toolkit</issue_title>
<issue_description>The errors Django app is currently relying on the django_openid_auth plugin, but this plugin is deprecated. We should transition to django-oauth-toolkit, which is more modern and maintained, and provides OpenID Connect just fine: https://django-oauth-toolkit.readthedocs.io/en/stable/oidc.html</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes Convert errors to using django-oauth-toolkit #13

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[Hyask]

@copilot the new workflow should still rely on the SSO provided by login.ubuntu.com, as before.

[Copilot]

@copilot the new workflow should still rely on the SSO provided by login.ubuntu.com, as before.

Reworked in f851b5f. The authentication flow now uses login.ubuntu.com as the OIDC provider:

1. /oidc/login/ redirects to login.ubuntu.com's OIDC authorize endpoint
2. /oidc/callback/ handles the callback — exchanges the authorization code for tokens, fetches userinfo, creates/updates the Django user, and maps Launchpad teams to Django groups (preserved as OIDC_LAUNCHPAD_TEAMS_MAPPING)
3. The login.ubuntu.com profile link in the template is restored

OIDC endpoint URLs default to login.ubuntu.com/+openid-connect/* in config.py. Operators need to set oidc_client_id and oidc_client_secret in local_config.py.

[Hyask]

@copilot don't re-implement oidc yourself, but just make use of django-oauth-toolkit, and configure it appropriately use login.ubuntu.com as the OIDC provider.

[Copilot]

Replaced in dadd9f6. Removed the custom oidc.py entirely and switched to mozilla-django-oidc — a standard Django OIDC client library that handles the full authorization code flow (login redirect, callback, token exchange, userinfo) out of the box.

django-oauth-toolkit is an OIDC provider library (for building an auth server), so it can't act as an OIDC client for login.ubuntu.com. mozilla-django-oidc is the direct OIDC replacement for django_openid_auth — it's a client/RP library purpose-built for authenticating users via an external OIDC provider.

The only custom code is backends.py — a small OIDCAuthenticationBackend subclass that handles Launchpad team-to-group mapping (same logic as the original OPENID_LAUNCHPAD_TEAMS_MAPPING). All OIDC protocol handling is delegated to the library.

[Hyask]

@copilot
Change of plans again.
Let's use https://python-social-auth.readthedocs.io/en/latest/backends/launchpad.html instead.
This should mostly work out of the box.

[Copilot]

@copilot
Change of plans again.
Let's use https://python-social-auth.readthedocs.io/en/latest/backends/launchpad.html instead.
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Switched to python-social-auth with the built-in LaunchpadOpenId backend in 395c345.

The integration is minimal — social-auth-app-django handles the full OpenID flow with login.launchpad.net out of the box. No custom backends or OIDC views needed. Changed files:

• settings.py: LaunchpadOpenId backend, social_django app, LOGIN_URL → /login/launchpad/
• urls.py: social_django.urls at /login/
• config.py: removed openid_trust_root
• pyproject.toml: social-auth-app-django>=5.0.0

Launchpad team-to-group mapping is dropped per follow-up guidance.

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