[JENKINS-52291] Plug-ins should define their credential type. This type should be pre-selected.

When adding credentials to any of the plug-ins, the Credential Type dropdown box has some random, nonsense credential type pre-selected.

So you always have to look-up the correct credential type for each of the plug-ins every time before being able to accomplish your task. This is a true, repeating niusance.

Hence, I propose that ...

1. plug-ins define their preferred credential type, and


2. Jenkins is going to pre-select this type, read from the corresponding plug-in's properties, in the Credential Type dropdown box when adding a new credential to the plug-in.

This will dramatically ease setting up credentials in Jenkins.

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Originally reported by settrend, imported from: Plug-ins should define their credential type. This type should be pre-selected.

• status: Open
  
• priority: Major
  
• component(s): credentials-plugin
  
• label(s): credentials, pipeline, plugin, security
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 0
  
• watchers: 5
  
• imported: 2025-12-08
  

When adding credentials to any of the plug-ins, the Credential Type dropdown box has some random, nonsense credential type pre-selected.


So you always have to look-up the correct credential type for each of the plug-ins every time before being able to accomplish your task. This is a true, repeating niusance.


Hence, I propose that ...



	
plug-ins define their preferred credential type, and

	
Jenkins is going to pre-select this type, read from the corresponding plug-in's properties, in the Credential Type dropdown box when adding a new credential to the plug-in.



This will dramatically ease setting up credentials in Jenkins.