keybase / keybase/keybase-issues
Impossible to reset passphrase without login out
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Description
You can recover when you're logged out, but it's impossible when you're not.
It can be a problem when a user creates an account with a temporary password, and wants to create a key several days later having forgotten the password
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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
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by comparing the existing logged-out recovery flow with the logged-in passphrase and key-creation flows, then clarify the intended recovery behavior and how completion should be verified.
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Assessment
- Domain
- authentication
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100