[tialaramex]

Google does not offer me this option, I just checked.

If I claim to have forgotten my password, the first idea it has is that I should prove I still have my Security Key

Then it suggests it could send codes to my GMail (which might actually be useful if I have another device signed into that) or to another email address it knows about (it deliberately redacts part of each address in case I am not me)

Then it resorts to suggesting I try passwords I remember using on this account. I don't know what happens if I give it a password I haven't used for a few years, 'pass' means I keep a complete git history of Google passwords but I am reluctant to mess with this

Then it says too bad, it cannot authenticate me.

[jfrunyon]

> Then it resorts to suggesting I try passwords I remember using on this account. I don't know what happens if I give it a password I haven't used for a few years

I can't say what it does currently but it used to say something along the lines of "you haven't used that password in a while. try something else."

[177tcca]

It gives you a better case that you are the owner of the account, if you were to get a human to review.