[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #45479: Display text after lost password request

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#45479: Display text after lost password request
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 Reporter:  yuluma                  |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement             |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                  |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Login and Registration  |    Version:
 Severity:  normal                  |   Keywords:  2nd-opinion
  Focuses:                          |
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 First i've posted this here https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-
 text-after-lost-password-request/ and James Huff sugested to create a bug
 report.

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 Current situation with clean install and twenty 17 theme.

 **Reset password with an email address that exists in the user section**
 get a text message after reload that a password reset link was send to the
 given address

 **Reset password with an email address that doesn’t exist in the user
 section**
 get a redirect to the password reset page… nothing else

 According to general standards like this, or this I would expect the same
 response like:

 If you have an account with us we’ve send you an email with a link to
 reset your password.

 OR

 If WP cares less about security/privacy at least I would expect a text to
 display with a failed password request. Especially now we know there IS a
 difference between an existing and non existing email address.

 UX Bug
 At least we could state that we now have a situation where we do inform
 the customer and where we leave them in great doubt if anything happened
 at all. This can’t be good for the users of the sites that work with WP.

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