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raptorhal2
Lead
June 13, 2024
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Password Gripe

  • June 13, 2024
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After some period of approximately 2 years my login is rejected as having incorrect username or password. Careful reentry is not successful, I keep getting the same rejection. I conclude that passwords expire after some time.

If that is true, why not a message " Your password has expired. Please create a new password" to avoid fruitless attempts to reenter the password that worked the day before?

Or correct me if I have the wrong assessment of the problem.

Best answer by Tesla DeLorean

No, it just randomly expires with no warning. Last several times I've just gone through the reset process, meeting the requirements du-jour for characters, case, and length, etc

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Tesla DeLorean
Tesla DeLoreanBest answer
Guru
June 13, 2024

No, it just randomly expires with no warning. Last several times I've just gone through the reset process, meeting the requirements du-jour for characters, case, and length, etc

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Andrew Neil
Super User
June 15, 2024

I think (sometimes?) it rejects old passwords because they don't meet the current requirements for characters, length, case, etc.

It is, indeed, very annoying. :frowning_face:

It should explicitly say why it's rejecting the password - not just say it's incorrect when it isn't.

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raptorhal2
Lead
June 15, 2024

A plausable guess as to cause, but I updated the password with the same password, and it works.

ST is investigating the problem.

Lina_DABASINSKAITE
Community Manager
June 17, 2024

Hello @raptorhal2 , all, 

Thanks for sharing your concern. This process is currently being being reworked and as an outcome, there will be a similar message once a member will enter an expired password. 

Once it is rolled out, I will let you know. 

Greetings,
Lina

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