User and password are not filled in on Jellyfin

[stroobandt]

The user and password are not automatically filled in —like other browsers with password management do— on the Jellyfin media system.

This can be tested with the following demo YAML file:

default_password: ''
default_user: demo
navigation: False
start_url: https://demo.jellyfin.org/stable/web/index.html
window_size: max

This would be nice to have for a kiosk browser without keyboard.

[alandmoore]

The default_user and default_password settings only apply to sites that request HTTP authentication, not those that handle authentication at the application level.

Implementing a password manager would be nice, but is well beyond the scope of this particular feature. I think the documentation should perhaps be updated to better explain the purpose of those configuration options.

[stroobandt]

Yes, Alan, from the many hours I spent studying at Hull University's library (the workplace of British poet Philip Larkin) it dawned on me that this feature may be solely related to HTTP authentication. :-)

In the end, I solved my problem by setting privacy_mode: False and now the Jellyfin media server recognises me again without asking for any authentication. This issue can therefore be closed.