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Document that generally not good to set eraseCredentials to false
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Description
Generally, it is not a good idea to set eraseCredentials to false and we should document this in the javadoc
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Find the JavaDoc for the eraseCredentials setting in the Spring Security source and read its surrounding API documentation. Add guidance explaining that setting it to false is generally unsafe, then verify the updated JavaDoc builds successfully.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- Under an hour
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 62/100