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Forwarded email aliases are generated immediately upon viewing the page, rather than after confirming #1571

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@PseudoResonance

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@PseudoResonance

Steps To Reproduce

  1. Go to "Generator"
  2. Click "Username"

Expected Result

Alias should only be generated after clicking a button to confirm.

Actual Result

Alias will be immediately generated upon viewing the page, potentially leading to many useless aliases created for each time you navigate to the generator.

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Additional Context

This is available on Android and desktop already, and requires clicking the "regenerate" button to generate the initial alias, in order to prevent cluttering up the alias service.

Build Version

2025.4.0

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US

Self-host Server Version

Vaultwarden 2025.1.1

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  • I understand that work is tracked outside of Github. A PR will be linked to this issue should one be opened to address it, but Bitwarden doesn't use fields like "assigned", "milestone", or "project" to track progress.

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