···16161717### Password
18181919-You can add a password for your status page.
1919+You can add a password for your status page to protect a status page. If you are not authenticated, you will get redirected to the `/protected`.
2020+2121+The password is stored in plain text in a `cookie`, so keep the password easy and fun. You can share any page by appending the password via the `pw` search param like: `https://custom.stpg.dev/?pw=my-secret-password` and we will automatically authenticate the user. This can be useful to authenticate to private RSS feeds.
2222+2323+> If you need an email confirmed status page, e.g. by whitelisting domains for specific partners who would access the page with a magic link, please contact ping@openstatus.dev - we have that on our backlog and are happy to prioritze it.
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