apache/answer · error

password input failed: %w

Error message

password input failed: %w

What it means

Fires in ResetPassword when the interactive prompt promptForPassword fails — typically term.ReadPassword cannot read from stdin because it is not a TTY (piped/non-interactive execution) or the terminal read errors. The at-fault input is the interactive stdin stream, not a stored password.

Source

Thrown at internal/cli/reset_password.go:133

		return fmt.Errorf("query user failed: %w", err)
	}
	if !exist {
		return fmt.Errorf("user not found: %s", email)
	}

	fmt.Printf("You are going to reset password for user: %s\n", email)

	password := strings.TrimSpace(opts.Password)

	if password != "" {
		printWarning("Passing password via command line may be recorded in shell history")
		if err := checker.CheckPassword(password); err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("password validation failed: %w", err)
		}
	} else {
		password, err = promptForPassword()
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("password input failed: %w", err)
		}
	}

	if !confirmAction(fmt.Sprintf("This will reset password for user '[%s]%s'. Continue?", userInfo.DisplayName, email)) {
		fmt.Println("Operation cancelled")
		return nil
	}

	hashPwd, err := bcrypt.GenerateFromPassword([]byte(password), bcrypt.DefaultCost)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("encrypt password failed: %w", err)
	}

	if err = userRepo.UpdatePass(ctx, userInfo.ID, string(hashPwd)); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("update password failed: %w", err)
	}

	authSvc.RemoveUserAllTokens(ctx, userInfo.ID)

View on GitHub (pinned to 3b9f137061)

Solutions

1. Retry the command; the failure usually comes from term.ReadPassword on stdin
2. Run the command in an interactive TTY instead of piping stdin or redirecting input
3. If no TTY is available, pass the password via the --password flag (with the shell-history caveat) or pre-generate one

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at internal/cli/reset_password.go:133 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of apache/answer@3b9f137061 (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/cea0fa4af3eb4466. Report an issue: GitHub.