# "Incorrect username, email or password" error message persists when logging in using email

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-username-email-or-password-error-message-persists-when-logging-in-using-email/417305>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** login\
**Created:** [12 בנובמבר,‏ 2026,‏ 8:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-username-email-or-password-error-message-persists-when-logging-in-using-email/417305 "2026-11-12T20:08:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)\
**Post date:** [13 בנובמבר,‏ 2026,‏ 5:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-username-email-or-password-error-message-persists-when-logging-in-using-email/417305/2 "2026-11-13T17:25:14Z")

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Thanks for reporting it! I’ve got a fix on the way

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/46202>
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> Reported here: https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-username-email-or-password…-error-message-persists-when-logging-in-using-email/417305
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> If you type your password incorrectly, then enter the reset password flow, the error for incorrect password will persist through the reset flow. We should clear the error when starting this process.

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