The sign in flow will keep the standard email form while we continue to evaluate this change. The support post was just a heads up, but it hasn’t actually been changed yet.
What is this “magic” sign in?
We previously had a “magic link” which can email you a sign in link. Basically a quick way of signing in if you don’t know your password.
This new update adds a “magic code” which emails a code you can copy and paste into the website. This flow is especially nice for apps (Trakt and 3rd party) since the “magic link” would lose context and not redirect back to the app. With the “magic code”, you’re still inside the app and able to sign in without knowing your password.
Trakt Lite
We will use the flow without the email form in Trakt Lite soon. Since this a new playground of sorts, we’re able to experiment with things a bit differently and gather feedback.
Signing in
If you’re using Trakt normally, the website and apps will keep you signed in pretty much indefinitely (auth is automatically handed and refreshed behind the scenes for you).
Based on the replies here, it seems like some of you are signing in a lot. I’m curious how often you are signing in? Is there a reason you don’t want to stay automatically signed in on the apps and website?
Passkeys or 2FA
We are planning to look into passkeys. No guarantees that is what we end up doing, but we will research it more.
Other
FYI, I’m marking this as the solution so it shows up in the main post for better contest. Happy to continue the discussion, but it seems like there is some confusion that this change will somehow force sign ins more regularly. For most people it will not change their day to day use of Trakt or the apps.