[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #25446: Return HTTP status code 401 upon failed login

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#25446: Return HTTP status code 401 upon failed login
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 Reporter:  raoulbhatia             |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement             |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                  |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Login and Registration  |     Version:  3.6
 Severity:  normal                  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch             |     Focuses:
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Changes (by swissspidy):

 * keywords:  has-patch => needs-patch


Comment:

 As per #6:

 > 401 is the correct error to return here.

 > 401 should work fine in terms of the standard, since it's not just for
 Basic authentication. To be really compliant, we can also send a WWW-
 Authenticate header

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/25446#comment:21>
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