diff --git a/react/features/authentication/actionTypes.js b/react/features/authentication/actionTypes.js
index 501248971..aa4af4b4a 100644
--- a/react/features/authentication/actionTypes.js
+++ b/react/features/authentication/actionTypes.js
@@ -38,22 +38,13 @@ export const STOP_WAIT_FOR_OWNER = Symbol('STOP_WAIT_FOR_OWNER');
  *
  * {
  *     type: UPGRADE_ROLE_FINISHED,
- *     error: Object
+ *     error: Object,
+ *     progress: number,
+ *     thenableWithCancel: Object
  * }
  */
 export const UPGRADE_ROLE_FINISHED = Symbol('UPGRADE_ROLE_FINISHED');
 
-/**
- * The type of (redux) action which informs that the authentication and role
- * upgrade process has finished the XMPP authentication part of the process
- * (which means that the XMPP credentials are OK).
- *
- * {
- *     type: UPGRADE_ROLE_LOGIN_ON
- * }
- */
-export const UPGRADE_ROLE_LOGIN_OK = Symbol('UPGRADE_ROLE_LOGIN_OK');
-
 /**
  * The type of (redux) action which signals that the process of authenticating
  * and upgrading the local participant's role has been started.
diff --git a/react/features/authentication/actions.js b/react/features/authentication/actions.js
index 25eba9d1c..9142ffacc 100644
--- a/react/features/authentication/actions.js
+++ b/react/features/authentication/actions.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
     CANCEL_WAIT_FOR_OWNER,
     STOP_WAIT_FOR_OWNER,
     UPGRADE_ROLE_FINISHED,
-    UPGRADE_ROLE_LOGIN_OK,
     UPGRADE_ROLE_STARTED,
     WAIT_FOR_OWNER
 } from './actionTypes';
@@ -42,20 +41,22 @@ export function authenticateAndUpgradeRole(
                 roomPassword,
 
                 onLoginSuccessful() {
-                    return dispatch({ type: UPGRADE_ROLE_LOGIN_OK });
+                    // When the login succeeds, the process has completed half
+                    // of its job (i.e. 0.5).
+                    return dispatch(_upgradeRoleFinished(process, 0.5));
                 }
             });
 
         dispatch(_upgradeRoleStarted(process));
         process.then(
-            /* onFulfilled */ () => dispatch(_upgradeRoleFinished()),
+            /* onFulfilled */ () => dispatch(_upgradeRoleFinished(process, 1)),
             /* onRejected */ error => {
                 // The lack of an error signals a cancellation.
                 if (error.authenticationError || error.connectionError) {
                     logger.error('authenticateAndUpgradeRole failed', error);
                 }
 
-                dispatch(_upgradeRoleFinished(error));
+                dispatch(_upgradeRoleFinished(process, error));
             });
 
         return process;
@@ -126,36 +127,49 @@ export function stopWaitForOwner() {
  * Signals that the process of authenticating and upgrading the local
  * participant's role has finished either with success or with a specific error.
  *
- * @param {Object} error - If <tt>undefined</tt>, then the process of
- * authenticating and upgrading the local participant's role has succeeded;
- * otherwise, it has failed with the specified error. Refer to
- * {@link JitsiConference#authenticateAndUpgradeRole} in lib-jitsi-meet for the
- * error details.
+ * @param {Object} thenableWithCancel - The process of authenticating and
+ * upgrading the local participant's role.
+ * @param {Object} progressOrError - If the value is a <tt>number</tt>, then the
+ * process of authenticating and upgrading the local participant's role has
+ * succeeded in one of its two/multiple steps; otherwise, it has failed with the
+ * specified error. Refer to {@link JitsiConference#authenticateAndUpgradeRole}
+ * in lib-jitsi-meet for the error details.
  * @private
  * @returns {{
  *     type: UPGRADE_ROLE_FINISHED,
- *     error: ?Object
+ *     error: ?Object,
+ *     progress: number
  * }}
  */
-function _upgradeRoleFinished(error: ?Object) {
-    if (error) {
+function _upgradeRoleFinished(
+        thenableWithCancel,
+        progressOrError: number | Object) {
+    let error;
+    let progress;
+
+    if (typeof progressOrError === 'number') {
+        progress = progressOrError;
+    } else {
         // Make the specified error object resemble an Error instance (to the
         // extent that jitsi-meet needs it).
         const {
             authenticationError,
             connectionError,
             ...other
-        } = error;
+        } = progressOrError;
 
-        error = { // eslint-disable-line no-param-reassign
+        error = {
             name: authenticationError || connectionError,
             ...other
         };
+        progress = authenticationError ? 0.5 : 0;
     }
 
     return {
         type: UPGRADE_ROLE_FINISHED,
-        error
+        error,
+        progress,
+        thenableWithCancel
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/react/features/authentication/components/LoginDialog.native.js b/react/features/authentication/components/LoginDialog.native.js
index 747d49b1d..0cc66c008 100644
--- a/react/features/authentication/components/LoginDialog.native.js
+++ b/react/features/authentication/components/LoginDialog.native.js
@@ -67,11 +67,10 @@ class LoginDialog extends Component {
         _error: PropTypes.object,
 
         /**
-         * Flag indicates that during the "upgrade role and authenticate"
-         * process the login part was successful and the next step is to obtain
-         * a session ID from Jicofo.
+         * The progress in the floating range between 0 and 1 of the
+         * authenticating and upgrading the role of the local participant/user.
          */
-        _upgradeRoleLoginOk: PropTypes.bool,
+        _progress: PropTypes.number,
 
         /**
          * Redux store dispatch method.
@@ -115,14 +114,14 @@ class LoginDialog extends Component {
         const {
             _connecting: connecting,
             _error: error,
-            _upgradeRoleLoginOk: upgradeRoleLoginOk,
+            _progress: progress,
             t
         } = this.props;
 
         let messageKey;
         let messageOptions;
 
-        if (upgradeRoleLoginOk) {
+        if (progress && progress < 1) {
             messageKey = 'connection.FETCH_SESSION_ID';
         } else if (error) {
             const { name } = error;
@@ -254,14 +253,14 @@ class LoginDialog extends Component {
  *     _configHosts: Object,
  *     _connecting: boolean,
  *     _error: Object,
- *     _upgradeRoleLoginOk: boolean
+ *     _progress: number
  * }}
  */
 function _mapStateToProps(state) {
     const {
-        upgradeRoleError,
-        upgradeRoleInProgress,
-        upgradeRoleLoginOk
+        error: authenticateAndUpgradeRoleError,
+        progress,
+        thenableWithCancel
     } = state['features/authentication'];
     const { authRequired } = state['features/base/conference'];
     const { hosts: configHosts } = state['features/base/config'];
@@ -273,9 +272,9 @@ function _mapStateToProps(state) {
     return {
         _conference: authRequired,
         _configHosts: configHosts,
-        _connecting: Boolean(connecting) || Boolean(upgradeRoleInProgress),
-        _error: connectionError || upgradeRoleError,
-        _upgradeRoleLoginOk: upgradeRoleLoginOk
+        _connecting: Boolean(connecting) || Boolean(thenableWithCancel),
+        _error: connectionError || authenticateAndUpgradeRoleError,
+        _progress: progress
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/react/features/authentication/middleware.js b/react/features/authentication/middleware.js
index f0508d600..b78be480c 100644
--- a/react/features/authentication/middleware.js
+++ b/react/features/authentication/middleware.js
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ import { LoginDialog, WaitForOwnerDialog } from './components';
 MiddlewareRegistry.register(store => next => action => {
     switch (action.type) {
     case CANCEL_LOGIN: {
-        const { upgradeRoleInProgress }
+        const { thenableWithCancel }
             = store.getState()['features/authentication'];
 
-        upgradeRoleInProgress && upgradeRoleInProgress.cancel();
+        thenableWithCancel && thenableWithCancel.cancel();
 
         // The LoginDialog can be opened on top of "wait for owner". The app
         // should navigate only if LoginDialog was open without the
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ MiddlewareRegistry.register(store => next => action => {
         action.waitForOwnerTimeoutID = setTimeout(handler, timeoutMs);
 
         // The WAIT_FOR_OWNER action is cyclic and we don't want to hide the
-        // login dialog every few seconds...
+        // login dialog every few seconds.
         isDialogOpen(store, LoginDialog)
             || store.dispatch(_openWaitForOwnerDialog());
         break;
diff --git a/react/features/authentication/reducer.js b/react/features/authentication/reducer.js
index 9b9c87f2b..7ebc9a848 100644
--- a/react/features/authentication/reducer.js
+++ b/react/features/authentication/reducer.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
     CANCEL_LOGIN,
     STOP_WAIT_FOR_OWNER,
     UPGRADE_ROLE_FINISHED,
-    UPGRADE_ROLE_LOGIN_OK,
     UPGRADE_ROLE_STARTED,
     WAIT_FOR_OWNER
 } from './actionTypes';
@@ -15,28 +14,45 @@ ReducerRegistry.register('features/authentication', (state = {}, action) => {
     switch (action.type) {
     case CANCEL_LOGIN:
         return assign(state, {
-            upgradeRoleError: undefined,
-            upgradeRoleInProgress: undefined,
-            upgradeRoleLoginOk: false
+            error: undefined,
+            progress: undefined,
+            thenableWithCancel: undefined
         });
 
     case STOP_WAIT_FOR_OWNER:
         return assign(state, {
-            upgradeRoleError: undefined,
+            error: undefined,
             waitForOwnerTimeoutID: undefined
         });
 
-    case UPGRADE_ROLE_FINISHED:
+    case UPGRADE_ROLE_FINISHED: {
+        let { thenableWithCancel } = action;
+
+        if (state.thenableWithCancel === thenableWithCancel) {
+            const { error, progress } = action;
+
+            // An error interrupts the process of authenticating and upgrading
+            // the role of the local participant/user i.e. the process is no
+            // more. Obviously, the process seizes to exist also when it does
+            // its whole job.
+            if (error || progress === 1) {
+                thenableWithCancel = undefined;
+            }
+
+            return assign(state, {
+                error,
+                progress: progress || undefined,
+                thenableWithCancel
+            });
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+
     case UPGRADE_ROLE_STARTED:
         return assign(state, {
-            upgradeRoleError: action.error,
-            upgradeRoleInProgress: action.thenableWithCancel,
-            upgradeRoleLoginOk: false
-        });
-
-    case UPGRADE_ROLE_LOGIN_OK:
-        return assign(state, {
-            upgradeRoleLoginOk: true
+            error: undefined,
+            progress: undefined,
+            thenableWithCancel: action.thenableWithCancel
         });
 
     case WAIT_FOR_OWNER: