We need a reset password option from UserSettings for people trying to log onto other apps and having lost their pwd

[matrixbot]

Currently, you need to provide your old password in order to change your password in settings:

For those that have forgotten their password and won't be able to proceed, we should provide a flow to reset your password using the same mechanism as Forgot Password from the #login screen.

[novocaine]

I think we have this!

[t3chguy]

I'm not seeing this. Only a way to change your password, not reset it.

[novocaine]

By reset, you mean something that auto-generates you a new one?

[SimonBrandner]

By reset, you mean something that auto-generates you a new one?

No, you would receive an email sending you to a page that lets you set a new one. The same behaviour that happens when you click on Forgot password when logging in on most websites

[novocaine]

By reset, you mean something that auto-generates you a new one?

No, you would receive an email sending you to a page that lets you set a new one. The same behaviour that happens when you click on Forgot password when logging in on most websites

🤔 Are you suggesting that the functionality of the current forgot password link from #login should be available from user settings?

[t3chguy]

That's what the issue title suggests:

We need a reset password option from UserSettings for people trying to log onto other apps and having lost their pwd

If you lost your pwd then you can't change your pwd as that requires knowing your pwd, you can only reset, and if that requires logging out you may not find it as quickly.

[novocaine]

Edited the description.

[turt2live]

Do we need this? The user journey might never send the user to their own settings in this case: they'd more likely log out or open the app in another browser/device/incognito tab to issue themselves a password reset.