Document user authentication, session management, and security

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Domain
authentication, documentation, security

Research direction

Use the suggested vault-web/user-session subfolder as the documentation entry point. Review the existing project documentation and authentication flow before writing, then cover registration, JWT and session lifecycle, password hashing, token expiration and refresh, and master-key handling. Done means developers can follow the user-management flow and understand the stated security principles.

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Description

documentation good first issue

Create documentation covering:

  • How users register and authenticate.
  • JWT token handling and session lifecycle.
  • Security best practices: password hashing (e.g., bcrypt), token expiration, refresh flow.
  • How master keys are managed and why they are not used to decrypt user data directly.

Subfolder suggestion: vault-web/user-session

Goal: Make sure developers understand the user management flow and the security principles in place.

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