Generating 2FA backup codes not available after adding an Authenticator

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After adding a 2FA authenticator, the second-factor page shows correctly the added authenticator.

The Two-Factor Backup Codes sections only says:

You must enable a primary two-factor method before generating backup codes.

It’s necessary to leave the profile page and enter it again (or reload the page) to see the “Add backup codes” button.

Unfortunately, I can’t upload a screenshot here as the software always says “Sorry, but your upload failed. Please try again.” (the POST request to https://meta.discourse.org/uploads/complete-multipart.json returns a 422 with also just this text as JSON’ed body). But the content of the screenshot isn’t very enlightening anyway.

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Yes, I can confirm that I have seen this as well, we should refresh the view after adding the 2FA authenticator so that backup codes can be created right away.

Thanks for the report!