[pritambaral]

I'm very thankful this is the current design. When I noticed it, I needed it to do exactly what it does, and was honestly quite pleasantly surprised it worked this way.

You see, I'd just tried to create an account on a website with a slow network link. The website then failed to load. I wasn't sure if my account had been created or not. I always wait for the account creation step to succeed before I save a password, so I hadn't yet saved this random password.

I was a bit worried I'd have to go through a lengthy password reset process, on my slow internet link. Fortunately for me, going back to the account creation page simply popped up the same password, so I just hit the "Sign Up" button again, without worry of losing my password again.

[jonnycomputer]

I always paste into a text file until ive confirmed everything works as expected

[forgotpwd16]

Having to take such steps sounds like what you're using isn't working right. Fortunately Firefox doesn't need you to do this.

[jonnycomputer]

- I didn't know this is the expected behavior of FF

- I'm paranoid about getting locked out of certain accounts by stupid accidents (particularly on badly designed web sites). I temporarily copy old password too, when changing to a new one.

- I do wish Firefox's password manager maintained a history of previous passwords like LastPass does.

[Fnoord]

Clipboard history can also be helpful in this context (I use Unclutter on macOS, YMMV), tho it has its pros and cons.

But I have a use case where I really do not want this: when I sign up for multiple accounts in the same browser session, I expect a different password when I've logged out. I use Bitwarden and a text file in this use-case though; not Firefox. Because Bitwarden allows password sentence and I'm supposed to hand over the account to someone else.

[jrnichols]

I also do this, and I double check it in Safari before closing any windows. It's become a good habit, especially with things like Disney Plus but logged in via Hulu credentials. Example, for some reason sometimes www.hulu.com works but auth.hulu.com doesn't know that I changed my password, so I can easily paste the new one into the appropriate field and everything works.

[pmontra]

More or less it's what I do except that I generate the password with a password manager (one of the Keepass family) and store it there.

Rationale:

1. I'm not tied to a browser, even if it is Firefox.

2. I can use the password with any other browser on the same or any other device.