diff -r 5ae15cfc1bee -r d567f89d6a9b libpurple/protocols/jabber/jabber.c
--- a/libpurple/protocols/jabber/jabber.c	Sun Oct 09 02:20:18 2022 -0500
+++ b/libpurple/protocols/jabber/jabber.c	Sun Oct 09 04:43:37 2022 -0500
@@ -1003,17 +1003,21 @@
 	}
 }
 
-static void
-jabber_login(G_GNUC_UNUSED PurpleProtocol *protocol, PurpleAccount *account) {
-	PurpleConnection *gc = purple_account_get_connection(account);
+static PurpleConnection *
+jabber_login(G_GNUC_UNUSED PurpleProtocol *protocol, PurpleAccount *account,
+             const char *password)
+{
+	PurpleConnection *gc = NULL;
 	JabberStream *js;
 	PurpleImage *image;
 
+	gc = purple_connection_new(protocol, account, password);
+
 	purple_connection_set_flags(gc, PURPLE_CONNECTION_FLAG_HTML |
 		PURPLE_CONNECTION_FLAG_NO_IMAGES);
 	js = jabber_stream_new(account);
 	if (js == NULL)
-		return;
+		return gc;
 
 	/* replace old default proxies with the new default: NULL
 	 * TODO: these can eventually be removed */
@@ -1037,6 +1041,8 @@
 	}
 
 	jabber_stream_connect(js);
+
+	return gc;
 }
 
 
@@ -1493,9 +1499,12 @@
 	JabberStream *js;
 
 	if (purple_connection_get_state(gc) != PURPLE_CONNECTION_CONNECTED) {
+		#warning fix registration and unregistration
+		#if 0
 		if (purple_connection_get_state(gc) != PURPLE_CONNECTION_CONNECTING) {
 			jabber_login(PURPLE_PROTOCOL(protocol_server), account);
 		}
+		#endif
 
 		js = purple_connection_get_protocol_data(gc);
 		js->unregistration = TRUE;