Automattic / Automattic/simplenote-electron
Improve Error Message for Account Deletion with Incorrect Password
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
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Description
### What
When attempting to delete a Simplenote account with an incorrect password, the current error message is: "We could not delete your account. Please try again...".

This message is generic and does not provide any specific guidance to the user.
### Why
Improved messaging will provide users with clearer guidance on how to resolve the issue and successfully delete their accounts.
### How
The error message should be more informative, such as:
- "Incorrect password. Please enter the correct password for your Simplenote account."
- "The password you entered is incorrect. Please double-check and try again."
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start at the account-deletion flow and trace how an incorrect password becomes the current generic error message. Update the displayed message to give clear incorrect-password guidance, then verify the deletion-error state shows the new wording; the issue names no specific files or tests.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- electron, typescript
- Domain
- authentication, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100