Notify clients their app password is OK but password is outdated
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Description
With https://github.com/nextcloud/server/issues/11390 merged we should think of a way to notify clients so they can act accordingly if their apppassword is still valid but the password that stores is not.
CC: @ChristophWurst
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Research direction
Review issue #11390 and the behavior it introduced for valid app passwords when the underlying password is outdated. Determine how clients should be notified and define completion as a documented, implementable notification path that lets them act accordingly.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- authentication
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100