atuinsh/atuin · error

password is incorrect

Error message

password is incorrect

What it means

Match arm in the auth-module delete_account: the DELETE /account request carrying the password proof returned HTTP 401 UNAUTHORIZED, meaning the password supplied to authorize account deletion is wrong. The account is not deleted.

Source

Thrown at crates/atuin-client/src/auth.rs:230

            }
        }
    }

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

        let resp =
            client.delete(url).json(&serde_json::json!({ "password": password })).send().await?;

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

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Hub backend — talks to the Hub v0 API endpoints
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

pub struct HubAuthClient {
    address: Url,
    hub_token: Option<String>,

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Solutions

1. Re-enter the account password correctly and retry the deletion
2. If the password is forgotten, recover it first, then delete the account

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/atuin-client/src/auth.rs:230 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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