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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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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

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