Bug 1329937 – UX: Obscure 'API authentication failed' message when trying to log in with incorrect password

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Bug 1329937 - UX: Obscure 'API authentication failed' message when trying to log in with incorrect password

Summary:	UX: Obscure 'API authentication failed' message when trying to log in with in...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	API (Show other bugs)
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Version:	5.6.0
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	high Severity high
Target Milestone:	GA
Target Release:	5.6.0
Assigned To:	Yuri Rudman
QA Contact:	Jan Krocil
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Duplicates:	1330326 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	2016-04-25 02:14 EDT by Jan Krocil
Modified:	2016-06-29 11:53 EDT (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	5.6.0.5
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2016-06-29 11:53:41 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2016:1348	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	CFME 5.6.0 bug fixes and enhancement update	2016-06-29 14:50:04 EDT

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Description Jan Krocil 2016-04-25 02:14:20 EDT

Description of problem:
SSIA

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
5.6-beta2.3

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use incorrect creds and try to log in, multiple times

Actual results:
'API authentication failed' message(s), stacking with every unsuccessful attempt.

Expected results:
A single 'Incorrect username or password' (or similar, more descriptive) message.

Additional info:
'API authentication failed' is not helpful at all. Does that mean the API could not be reached? Does it mean an internal error happened when processing the login request? Does it mean the login or password were simply incorrect?

Comment 2 Jan Krocil 2016-04-25 03:00:10 EDT

There already is a bugzilla for the multiple messages here https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1327042.

This BZ is to address the obscurity of the error message.

Comment 3 Dave Johnson 2016-04-26 23:32:39 EDT

*** Bug 1330326 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Yuri Rudman 2016-05-03 09:09:49 EDT

PR merged: https://github.com/ManageIQ/manageiq/pull/8274

Comment 5 Jan Krocil 2016-05-05 03:36:32 EDT

Verified fixed in 5.6.0.5-beta2.4.20160503153816_1fb554f.

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2016-06-29 11:53:41 EDT

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016:1348

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