From 4d3930d149a1ea3bcbc489187e7d50d23196e9da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Hefner Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2022 16:15:12 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Explain HTTP basic authentication stipulation [ci-skip] This clarifies that, after successfully authenticating, the HTTP basic authentication challenge will not appear again when refreshing the page. Fixes #39741. --- guides/source/getting_started.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/guides/source/getting_started.md b/guides/source/getting_started.md index f0a3ee9ade..f8fcbcc46d 100644 --- a/guides/source/getting_started.md +++ b/guides/source/getting_started.md @@ -2063,6 +2063,9 @@ Authentication challenge: ![Basic HTTP Authentication Challenge](images/getting_started/challenge.png) +After entering the correct username and password, you will remain authenticated +until a different username and password is required or the browser is closed. + Other authentication methods are available for Rails applications. Two popular authentication add-ons for Rails are the [Devise](https://github.com/plataformatec/devise) rails engine and