# Problem with create\_second\_factor\_totp

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-create-second-factor-totp/142158>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [February 20, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-create-second-factor-totp/142158 "2020-02-20T17:21:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![supermathie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/supermathie/32/507518_2.png) [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-create-second-factor-totp/142158/8 "2020-02-20T22:40:25Z")

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> Changing the issuer changes the token values, but now it was completely  
> broken for colons so this should not be breaking anyone new.

Note that it worked previously for titles with a colon such as `Spaceballs: The Discourse` (it worked fine for me and I was able to add it to my phone) but would fail when there were two words before the colon.

(sorry if it wasn’t that clear in my report)

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