atuinsh/atuin · error

current password is incorrect

Error message

current password is incorrect

What it means

Match arm in the auth-module change_password: the PATCH /account/password response was HTTP 401, so the current_password sent with ChangePasswordRequest failed verification on the Hub. Semantically identical to the api_client.rs variant; the password remains unchanged.

Source

Thrown at crates/atuin-client/src/auth.rs:205

        new_password: &str,
        _totp_code: Option<&str>,
    ) -> Result<MutateResponse> {
        let client = self.authenticated_client()?;
        let url = self.address.append_path("account/password")?;

        let resp = client
            .patch(url)
            .json(&ChangePasswordRequest {
                current_password: current_password.to_string(),
                new_password: new_password.to_string(),
            })
            .send()
            .await?;

        match resp.status().as_u16() {
            200 => Ok(MutateResponse::Success),
            401 => {
                bail!("current password is incorrect");
            }
            403 => {
                bail!("invalid login details");
            }
            _ => {
                bail!("unknown error");
            }
        }
    }

    async fn delete_account(
        &self,
        password: &str,
        _totp_code: Option<&str>,
    ) -> Result<MutateResponse> {
        let client = self.authenticated_client()?;
        let url = self.address.append(["account"])?;

View on GitHub (pinned to c0c717ab04)

Solutions

1. Re-enter the current password and retry the change
2. If the password is genuinely forgotten, use account recovery before changing it

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/atuin-client/src/auth.rs:205 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of atuinsh/atuin@c0c717ab04 (2026-09-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/fcd2ea08bfca7f75. Report an issue: GitHub.