Cancel password confirmation on settings toggles checkbox state
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feature: authentication
feature: settings
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Description
Steps to reproduce
- Go to public sharing settings
- Click a checkbox that requires password confirmation (e.g. Allow public sharing)
- Cancel the password prompt
Expected behaviour
The checkbox state should not be changed
Actual behaviour
The checkbox state changes
Password confirmation introduced in https://github.com/nextcloud/server/pull/1447
cc @nickvergessen
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the checkbox behavior in the public sharing settings and trace the password-confirmation flow triggered by that toggle. Done means cancelling the password prompt leaves the checkbox unchanged, while confirming it preserves the intended toggle behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100