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User settings

The User settings panel is where you update your git credentials and interface language on this computer. It is available to every role — maintainer and member alike — because sync credentials are personal, stored securely in your computer’s credential store, and never shared with the team.

To open the panel, click the circular button showing your initials at the far right of the dashboard toolbar.

Why it exists

When a git server is migrated (for example from Gitea to Forgejo) or when you change your password, the stored access token stops working and synchronization fails with an authentication error. Previously there was no in-app way for a regular member to update their credentials: the only credential editor was the Change repository action in the System tab, which is maintainer-only and also requires entering a new URL. Now anyone can update their credentials from the User settings panel, without touching the repository configuration.

Panel sections

Account

Read-only information about this machine:

  • Role — the role detected from your git permissions (Maintainer or Member).
  • Machine name — the identifier for this machine within the team.
  • Edition — the active license edition.
  • Seats — how many machines are active against your edition’s limit.

Sync credentials

Update the git credentials used to reach the sync repository. Credentials are stored in your computer’s secure credential store and are never written to disk in plain text.

The panel shows a block for the CORE repository and, on the Team edition, a second block for the Memories repository.

For each block:

  • Username — your account name on the git provider (GitHub, GitLab, Gitea…).
  • Access token — your personal access token (PAT). Leave this field empty if you only want to change the username: the currently stored token is kept.

Click Verify & save to validate the new credentials before saving them. The button runs a connectivity check against the current repository and saves only if the check passes. The repository URL is never changed by this action.

Language

The interface language selector, identical to the one in the dashboard toolbar.

Credentials expired

When stored credentials stop working, the dashboard surfaces the problem with a Credentials expired message on the Overview tab. The Update credentials button next to the message opens the User settings panel directly, so you don’t have to search for it. Sync error notifications also prompt you to open the avatar menu to update your credentials.

Step-by-step

  1. Click the circular button showing your initials at the far right of the dashboard toolbar.
  2. In the Sync credentials section, find the block for the repository you need to update (CORE or, on Team edition, Memories).
  3. Update the Username and/or enter the new Access token. To change only the username, leave the token field empty.
  4. Click Verify & save. The panel checks connectivity before saving.
  5. If the check passes, the new credentials are saved and synchronization resumes.

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