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[GH-ISSUE #1847] Password hint: An error has occurred. But does show. #1079

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opened 2026-03-03 02:06:05 +03:00 by kerem · 5 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-03 02:06:05 +03:00

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Originally created by @Robin-Sch on GitHub (Jul 9, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/issues/1847

Subject of the issue

When requesting your password hint it says An error has occurred..
But under that it does actually show the hint

Deployment environment

vaultwarden version: latest
Install method: docker
Clients used: web vault

Steps to reproduce

Click Get master password hint when trying to login
Enter your email

Expected behaviour

It should show your password hint

Actual behaviour

It shows your password hint, in an error box

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Originally created by @Robin-Sch on GitHub (Jul 9, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/issues/1847 ### Subject of the issue When requesting your password hint it says `An error has occurred.`. But under that it does actually show the hint ### Deployment environment * vaultwarden version: latest * Install method: docker * Clients used: web vault ### Steps to reproduce Click `Get master password hint` when trying to login Enter your email ### Expected behaviour It should show your password hint ### Actual behaviour It shows your password hint, in an error box ### Troubleshooting data ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/46354497/125095957-fa2eed00-e0d4-11eb-9045-a111e38b993e.png)

kerem closed this issue

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kerem commented

2026-03-03 02:06:06 +03:00

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@jjlin commented on GitHub (Jul 9, 2021):

Normally, BItwarden only provides the password hint via email. This is a Vaultwarden-specific feature that allows the hint to be provided when the user hasn't set up email service:

github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden@3968bc8016/src/config.rs (L391-L393)

Though personally, I think this option should've been disabled by default.

@jjlin commented on GitHub (Jul 9, 2021): Normally, BItwarden only provides the password hint via email. This is a Vaultwarden-specific feature that allows the hint to be provided when the user hasn't set up email service: https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/blob/3968bc8016611cdf9a84db68990f27624ab17889/src/config.rs#L391-L393 Though personally, I think this option should've been disabled by default.

kerem commented

2026-03-03 02:06:06 +03:00

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@pepa65 commented on GitHub (Jul 10, 2021):

Yes, please disable by default!

@pepa65 commented on GitHub (Jul 10, 2021): Yes, please disable by default!

kerem commented

2026-03-03 02:06:06 +03:00

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@Robin-Sch commented on GitHub (Jul 13, 2021):

Normally, BItwarden only provides the password hint via email. This is a Vaultwarden-specific feature that allows the hint to be provided when the user hasn't set up email service:

Yeah, but the current way is that it shows as "An error has occurred", and as "error" the password hint. While it's not an error?

@Robin-Sch commented on GitHub (Jul 13, 2021): > Normally, BItwarden only provides the password hint via email. This is a Vaultwarden-specific feature that allows the hint to be provided when the user hasn't set up email service: Yeah, but the current way is that it shows as "An error has occurred", and as "error" the password hint. While it's not an error?

kerem commented

2026-03-03 02:06:06 +03:00

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@jjlin commented on GitHub (Jul 13, 2021):

It's not an error, but Bitwarden doesn't support this feature natively, so this is a Vaultwarden-specific hack that uses an error message to display the data. That's just the only way to do it.

#1848 will disable this setting by default. People who want password hints should just set up SMTP service and use that instead, anyway.

@jjlin commented on GitHub (Jul 13, 2021): It's not an error, but Bitwarden doesn't support this feature natively, so this is a Vaultwarden-specific hack that uses an error message to display the data. That's just the only way to do it. #1848 will disable this setting by default. People who want password hints should just set up SMTP service and use that instead, anyway.

kerem commented

2026-03-03 02:06:06 +03:00

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@BlackDex commented on GitHub (Jul 15, 2021):

Closing because PR #1848 has been merged

@BlackDex commented on GitHub (Jul 15, 2021): Closing because PR #1848 has been merged