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Comments on Enabling 2FA should include some recovery codes

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Enabling 2FA should include some recovery codes

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After enabling two factor authentication (2FA) for my account I'm only notified It is successfully turned On.

I think it should include some recovery codes as well (to be used in case I can't access my authenticator app, etc.).

  • So, is this feature somewhere (hidden) on my profile/account settings?

  • If no, is it planned to be included in a near future?

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Setting up 2FA now produces a recovery code (with instructions to save it). If you later sign in using that recovery code, it disables 2FA until you re-enable it, getting a new code in the process.

If you were already using 2FA before we added recovery codes, you'll need to disable and re-enable it to get one. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

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Users w. 2FA enabled before feature impl. need to re-enable it to get a recovery code (2 comments)
Users w. 2FA enabled before feature impl. need to re-enable it to get a recovery code
lealceldeiro‭ wrote 12 months ago

Side note: If you had 2FA enabled already when this feature was added, you need to disable it and enable it again to get the recovery code generated.

Monica Cellio‭ wrote 12 months ago

Oops! Thank you, and I apologize -- we should have tested that scenario.