Login errors: say what's wrong, next to the field #38

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opened 2026-10-05 19:03:39 +00:00 by robocub · 0 comments

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Upstream: commetchat/commet#404, commetchat/commet#405

A wrong username/password shows a generic An error occurred at the bottom of the screen in a neutral colour. A non-existent homeserver shows only an ambiguous ✕ icon. Show Invalid username or password or Couldn't find a Matrix server at … under the relevant field, with error colouring. (Upstream marks #404 as a good first issue.)

Imported from Commet's tracker during the 2026-10-05 triage. As of that date it was open upstream with no assignee and no open PR. Nothing gets posted back to their tracker. If upstream fixes it first, close this issue and drop our patch on the next rebase (record the change in VOMMET_CHANGES.md).

Upstream: [commetchat/commet#404](https://github.com/commetchat/commet/issues/404), [commetchat/commet#405](https://github.com/commetchat/commet/issues/405) A wrong username/password shows a generic *An error occurred* at the bottom of the screen in a neutral colour. A non-existent homeserver shows only an ambiguous ✕ icon. Show *Invalid username or password* or *Couldn't find a Matrix server at …* under the relevant field, with error colouring. (Upstream marks #404 as a good first issue.) --- *Imported from Commet's tracker during the 2026-10-05 triage. As of that date it was open upstream with no assignee and no open PR. Nothing gets posted back to their tracker. If upstream fixes it first, close this issue and drop our patch on the next rebase (record the change in VOMMET_CHANGES.md).*

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