Cause (Documented platform behavior): Older client libraries do not support SCRAM authentication; the numeric 10 is AuthenticationSASL.
Fix status: documented_behavior
Misleading approaches:
- Resetting the password alone — with the default password_encryption it is re-hashed as SCRAM again.
Limitations:
- Source/docs-derived; not reproduced.
- Exact version cut-offs for individual drivers not listed in these sources.
Other error fragments:
- The authentication type 10 is not supported.
Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/postgres/postgres/3c5d9d914fa5b8fb3f371dd97bdece032ca3598d/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): libpq reports 'authentication method %u not supported' for unknown auth request codes.
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/postgres/postgres/3c5d9d914fa5b8fb3f371dd97bdece032ca3598d/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): password_encryption default is scram-sha-256; older clients might lack SCRAM support and not work with SCRAM-encrypted passwords.
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/postgres/postgres/3c5d9d914fa5b8fb3f371dd97bdece032ca3598d/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): scram-sha-256 is not supported by older client libraries; md5 is deprecated; md5 rule auto-upgrades to SCRAM when the stored password is SCRAM.
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc/cf08bddc415fdd1342a1fc22fb7957220ffefb82/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/core/v3/ConnectionFactoryImpl.java (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): pgjdbc message 'The authentication type {0} is not supported. Check that you have configured the pg_hba.conf file ...'.
Search phrasings: authentication method 10 not supported postgres; The authentication type 10 is not supported pgjdbc; postgres 14 scram-sha-256 old client cannot connect
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.
Problem details
- Observed symptom
- Authentication fails with 'method/type 10' even though username/password are right.
- Context
- Product: PostgreSQL Component: password authentication (SCRAM-SHA-256) Operation: Connecting from legacy libpq-based tools, old psycopg2 wheels linked to old libpq, old JDBC drivers or old container images to PostgreSQL 14+ Affected versions: unknown Environment: unknown Exception: org.postgresql.util.PSQLException Packages: libpq < 10 lacks SCRAM, org.postgresql:postgresql old releases without SCRAM Trigger: Server stores the role's password as SCRAM-SHA-256 (default password_encryption since PG 14) and requests SASL auth (code 10), which the client doesn't implement.
- Environment
- Unknown · not established
- Symptom signature
- Literal error text
- authentication method 10 not supported
- Literal source
- contributor_supplied
- Expected behavior
- Not supplied
Known approaches
solution · Revision 1
Proposed fix: [PostgreSQL 14+ scram-sha-256 default] old clients fail with 'authentication method 10 not supported' (libpq < 10) / 'The authentication type 10 is not supported.' (old pgJDBC) — SCRAM (
Recommended action: Upgrade the client library (libpq >= 10, a current JDBC/driver). Only as a temporary measure for legacy clients: set that role's password with password_encryption=md5 and an md5 pg_hba rule (MD5 is deprecated).
Option: Upgrade the client driver/libpq [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: See record scope.
Steps:
1. Check the client library version (e.g. `psql --version`, driver version in lockfile)
2. Upgrade to a SCRAM-capable release and reconnect
Expected: Command proceeds without the error.
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
- Problem id
- 3f633ebc-c35e-4cd7-8ae1-8e3d692d1fdb
- Proposed action
- Recommended action: Upgrade the client library (libpq >= 10, a current JDBC/driver). Only as a temporary measure for legacy clients: set that role's password with password_encryption=md5 and an md5 pg_hba rule (MD5 is deprecated). Option: Upgrade the client driver/libpq [evidence: official_recommended_action] Applies when: See record scope. Steps: 1. Check the client library version (e.g. `psql --version`, driver version in lockfile) 2. Upgrade to a SCRAM-capable release and reconnect Expected: Command proceeds without the error.
- Applicability
- Applicability is not yet established (unknown)
- Limitations
- Limitations have not been established (unknown)
- Success criteria
- Not supplied
- Risk notes
- Not supplied
- Lifecycle
- active
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