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  • [closed] [orphaned] "delete account" button missing

Hi there, do other people have a delete account button in their account settings?

I filed a bug and it was closed, I believe this was done so because the bug was not closely read.

https://github.com/cryptpad/cryptpad/issues/1512

Accounts on my CryptPad have no delete button in their settings.
Is there anyone who can provide insight as to whether or not this closure of the bug was the correct determination? My belief about software is that when intended functionality in the documentation is missing or broken, you file bugs and they get fixed. I am more than happy to hear if I've misunderstood something there.

Hello,

Have you tried creating an account on our flagship instance, https://cryptpad.fr? You'll see that you'll find a big red DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT button on https://cryptpad.fr/settings/#account.

If something is wrong with your instance (which one are you using?), I would encourage you to verify that everything was properly setup upon installation by looking at the diagnostics on your checkup page.

And if you cannot find any particular issue, then look at the Common Issues section of our documentation FAQ.

    Mathilde

    Could you clarify please that there are only valid bugs for your flagship instance?
    I was not given these steps on the bug, it was closed immediately.

    I see this post which answers:

    Nope, it's likely an instance configuration or a client issue from your end. We don't do community support on GitHub, as you have read on the bug report template it's for reproducible bugs only.

    However, you did well to reach out on the community forum, it's where that kind of issue (which isn't a bug) gets sorted out. See you there.

    We can move on from the handling of that bug to the issue at hand.
    If it is found to be an actual bug, I would encourage asking more questions than simply closing, but let's forget about it.

    The checkup reports (erroneously) that encrypted support ticket functionality has not been enabled., yet it is enabled; so this checkup is broken and all tests pass.
    Image description

    It does note that I have customized a few options in application_config.js, however none of these options should disable the delete account button.

    // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 XWiki CryptPad Team <contact@cryptpad.org> and contributors
    //
    // SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
    
    /*
     * You can override the configurable values from this file.
     * The recommended method is to make a copy of this file (/customize.dist/application_config.js)
       in a 'customize' directory (/customize/application_config.js).
     * If you want to check all the configurable values, you can open the internal configuration file
       but you should not change it directly (/common/application_config_internal.js)
    */
    define(['/common/application_config_internal.js'], function (AppConfig) {
        // Example: If you want to remove the survey link in the menu:
        // AppConfig.surveyURL = "";
    
        // To inform users of the support ticket panel which languages your admins speak:
        //AppConfig.supportLanguages = [ 'en', 'fr' ];
        // Prevent anonymous users from storing pads in their drive
        // NOTE: this is only enforced client-side as the server does not distinguish between users drives and pads
        AppConfig.disableAnonymousStore = true;
        // Prevent anonymous users from creating new pads (they can still access and edit existing ones)
        // NOTE: this is only enforced client-side and will not prevent malicious clients from storing data
        AppConfig.disableAnonymousPadCreation = true;
    
        // Disable feedback for all the users and hide the settings part about feedback
        AppConfig.disableFeedback = true;
        return AppConfig;
    });

    In this photo you can see there is no delete button, neither big nor red.
    Image description

    @Mathilde -- could you provide some further clarity on which configuration error I have made to break this functionality or re-open the bug with the necessary supplemental details which were missing to keep it open originally?

    @n-hebert please, read again:

    Mathilde And if you cannot find any particular issue, then look at the Common Issues section of our documentation FAQ.

    Also, apologies for the quick closing of your GitHub issue. We are in the process of releasing a new CryptPad version. We have more than 280 000 registered users, editing more than 23 000 documents concurrently on our flagship instance, as well as more than 300 community instances deployed in various hosting locations. We test a lot and have a lot of feedback beforehand when releasing a new version of our software. Not saying that you couldn't find a bug into it, but while we have been maintaining it since 7 years now, we are quite used to identify some specific repeating patterns when people come to us "reporting bugs".

    In the context of a small, under-funded team, working as best, as hard as we can on a fully free and open source product, you'll understand that we can't allow ourselves to spend a lot of time doing what I'm actually doing right now. :)

      Mathilde

      Understood, thanks for the context and apology! CryptPad has a great wealth of install base and I can understand your perspective.

      I have re-read the common issues section you have linked. Could we go through the common issues section together?

      • ✅ Check the list of extensions below, disable the ones you have installed, if any
        • None! I made sure to use a clean Chromium browser with no user configuration.
      • ✅ Try using your browser in a private window and/or with all extensions disabled
        • Done! I made sure to use a clean Chromium browser with no user configuration, and repeated the login with incognito. I also repeated it with a standard user account on someone else's computer.
      • ✅ Try using a different browser. We recommend the latest versions of Firefox or Chromium
        • Done! I don't daily drive Chromium; I use Firefox and that's where all my user configuration, extensions and etc. are. It originally presented itself in Firefox
      • ❔ If the issues persist, please contact support
        • This is perhaps where I have gone wrong earlier. I filed a bug because there was no directions here on how to contact support. Is this forums support? I recommend providing a direct link here as to which method of contact counts as support.

      Is there an email inbox I should take this bug to?

        n-hebert Is there an email inbox I should take this bug to?

        Nope, the community forum is the intended place to diagnose issues. I mean, unless you are looking for paid support for your own instance, in this case you can reach us at the following email address: sales at cryptpad.org 😃

        Could you share a link to your instance so we could try to reproduce the issue you are describing? We took a look at our production (CryptPad.fr), staging and alpha environments and couldn't find anything close to the issue you are reporting.

        But maybe another community member is affected by the same problem?

        Also, it would probably help to know more about your server setup:

        • Operating system and version
        • Recommended installation or Docker
        • NodeJs version
        • NPM version
        • Reverse proxy and version

        Looking forward to your feedback!

        3 months later

        Hello,

        i do have the same problem.

        • Debian 12
        • Recommended installation
        • NodeJs v22.8.0
        • NPM 10.8.3
        • NGINX 1.27.1
          8 days later

          red9hawk have you looked at this message of mine and followed the instructions in the linked section of our documentation?

          Mathilde And if you cannot find any particular issue, then look at the Common Issues section of our documentation FAQ.

          a month later

          Hi @n-hebert , @red9hawk ,

          if you like I will compare my instance to your instances to narrow the problem down. My instance shows the delete button as expected.

          I don't know of any configuration to "hide" this button and I'm puzzled about your missing button. I wonder what can cause this and I think it will take a couple of postings to sovle this.

          If you like and if your are willing to spend this time then please let continue this forum thread. At the moment I consider the thread deprecated / dead.

          a month later

          Hm, I consider this topic now closed, because there is no feedback after 2 months. I would like to have helped. :-/

          AlexQ changed the title to [closed] [orphaned] "delete account" button missing .