username string too long with Microsoft account on java8 image #1643
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         Hi. I'm getting the following error when attempting to join the server from a MultiMC launcher using a Microsoft account. 
 From what I've researched, this is commonly related to a username being longer than 16 characters. But most of the posts were from years ago, pre-Microsoft. I've confirmed that my profile name is 9 characters. I'm wondering if it is passing through my email login address instead of short minecraft profile name? I've not been able to get that detail in the logs. I have recreated the problem on 1.7.10, 1.8.9, 1.10.2. Does anyone have any suggestions of where to look? Thank you! I'm using this docker-compose: 
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         After trying from a friend's computer, I realized that I was using an old version of MultiMC on the client side and it was not pulling through the Profile info from the Microsoft account. Problem solved after updating MultiMC.  | 
  
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After trying from a friend's computer, I realized that I was using an old version of MultiMC on the client side and it was not pulling through the Profile info from the Microsoft account. Problem solved after updating MultiMC.