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Narciso C.'s avatar
Narciso C.
New member | Level 1
2 months ago

Generating Recovery/Backup codes not working

Hi!

Does anyone of you having problem generating recovery/backup codes?

Whenever i click it it asked me for a password but nothing loads. this has been like for days now

Can someone check?

  • BenDBX's avatar
    BenDBX
    24 days ago

    Hi Everyone,

    This issue has been resolved by our Engineering team. Backup codes should now generate as expected.

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
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    Narciso C. wrote:

    Whenever i click it it asked me for a password but nothing loads.

    Clear your browser's cache/browsing history, or try another browser.

  • Narciso C.'s avatar
    Narciso C.
    New member | Level 1

    hi Rich I already did. different browser still the  same. we have 3 accounts DB in total. this is dropbox issue i think? 

    • Hannah's avatar
      Hannah
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

      Hey Narciso C., can you please describe the exact steps you're following until you get to the issue?

      • Rich's avatar
        Rich
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        Hannah

        I'm seeing the same thing as well.

        When I click on Show to reveal my existing recovery codes it prompts me to enter my password. When I do, I get a message at the bottom of the screen that says "Since it's been a while, please enter your password again." If I enter my password again the issue repeats in an endless loop.

         

    • BenDBX's avatar
      BenDBX
      Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager

      Hi Everyone,

      This issue has been resolved by our Engineering team. Backup codes should now generate as expected.

  • BenDBX's avatar
    BenDBX
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager

    Hi Everybody,

    Thanks so much for reporting this. We were able to reproduce this on our end, and our Engineering team is actively investigating a fix. We'll keep you posted when we have more information to share.

    Ben

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