RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
User not found
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- TypeScript
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Description
When an incorrect password is entered, the message "User not found" is displayed. This misleads users. It is necessary to change the message to something like "Incorrect login or password".
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Search the Rocket.Chat codebase for the exact "User not found" message and trace the incorrect-password login path. Replace the misleading wording with a generic incorrect-login-or-password message, then verify that failed password attempts display the new text.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- authentication
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100