{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/brianc/node-postgres/issues/1019","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/brianc/node-postgres","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/brianc/node-postgres/issues/1019/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/brianc/node-postgres/issues/1019/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/brianc/node-postgres/issues/1019/events","html_url":"https://github.com/brianc/node-postgres/issues/1019","id":154965011,"number":1019,"title":"pg connection issue after node upgarde","user":{"login":"eyalsach","id":5731287,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5731287?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/eyalsach","html_url":"https://github.com/eyalsach","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eyalsach/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eyalsach/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eyalsach/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eyalsach/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eyalsach/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eyalsach/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eyalsach/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eyalsach/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/eyalsach/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2016-05-16T05:47:50Z","updated_at":"2016-05-16T05:47:50Z","closed_at":null,"body":"after upgrade to node v6.1.0, can't connect to postgres hosted on aws.\r\n\r\nexample code:\r\nvar pg = require('pg');\r\npg.connect(connectionString, function(err, client, done) {\r\n\r\nwhere connectionString can be something like:\r\npostgres://master:password@aws-postgres.XXX.us-west-2.rds.amazonaws.com:5432/db_demo?ssl=true\r\n\r\nEDIT: the same happens even when omitting the ssl=true param.\r\n\r\nI get: { error: password authentication failed for user \"master\"\r\n\r\n(the password is the correct one, this error happens only on the latest node version)\r\n\r\nis this a bug or a change that I need to handle differently?\r\n\r\nit's likely related to https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6551\r\n\r\n(original issue: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/6782)\r\n\r\n\r\n"}}