Re: [Django] #36972: Provide help text in password prompts for createsuperuser and changepassword commands (was: Provide keyboard feedback in createsuperuser and changepassword commands)

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Mar 19, 2026, 11:16:54 AM (2 days ago) Mar 19
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#36972: Provide help text in password prompts for createsuperuser and
changepassword commands
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Reporter: Ketan Sahu | Owner: Ketan Sahu
Type: New feature | Status: assigned
Component: contrib.auth | Version: dev
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Triage Stage: Accepted
Has patch: 1 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 1
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Changes (by Jacob Walls):

* needs_better_patch: 0 => 1
* stage: Ready for checkin => Accepted
* summary:
Provide keyboard feedback in createsuperuser and changepassword
commands
=>
Provide help text in password prompts for createsuperuser and
changepassword commands

Comment:

As Natalia helpfully pointed out on the forum, `echo_char` will break
`CTRL+U`, so we're going to need to fall back to the next least
objectionable option discussed on the forum, which was to just provide
some help text.
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/36972#comment:7>
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