v2rayA/v2rayA · error

wrong username or password

Error message

wrong username or password

What it means

Login validates credentials with IsValidAccount(username, password); if the check fails it returns the fixed message 'wrong username or password'. This is a deliberate generic error so it does not reveal whether the username or the password was wrong.

Source

Thrown at service/server/service/account.go:14

package service

import (
	"fmt"
	"time"

	"github.com/v2rayA/v2rayA/common"
	"github.com/v2rayA/v2rayA/db/configure"
	"github.com/v2rayA/v2rayA/pkg/server/jwt"
)

func Login(username, password string) (token string, err error) {
	if !IsValidAccount(username, password) {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("wrong username or password")
	}
	dur := 30 * 24 * time.Hour
	return jwt.MakeJWT(map[string]string{
		"uname": username,
	}, &dur)
}

func IsValidAccount(username, password string) bool {
	pwd, err := configure.GetPasswordOfAccount(username)
	if err != nil {
		return false
	}
	return common.CheckPassword(password, pwd)
}

func Register(username, password string) (token string, err error) {
	if configure.ExistsAccount(username) {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("username exists")

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Solutions

1. Re-enter credentials carefully, checking case and whitespace
2. If the account was never created, register first (PostAccount) before logging in
3. Confirm v2rayA is pointed at the config directory that actually holds the account
4. If the password is lost, delete/recreate the account in the config db

if username == "" || password == "" {
  return errors.New("username and password are required")
}

token, err := service.Login(user, pass)
if err != nil && err.Error() == "wrong username or password" {
  // show generic auth-failure message, do not leak which field failed
  return err
}

When it happens

Trigger: POSTing to the login endpoint with a username that has no account in configure's account store, or with a password whose hashed value does not match the stored CryptoPwd hash.

Common situations: Typo in either field; account registered in a different config directory (wrong --v2raya-confdir so the db has no such user); password changed elsewhere; case/whitespace differences in username.

Related errors

• username exists
• length of password should be between 6 and 32

AI-assisted analysis of v2rayA/v2rayA@71e5442fc5 (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/e95763e34cea9dcb. Report an issue: GitHub.