Comment 15 for bug 1767918

I have tested this with the new version of Plymouth and the problem is not there. I tested this by upgrading to the latest version Plymouth, and rebooting. Then trying to reproduce the problem by rebooting again and pressing CTRL-ALT-F1. My password was not shown in text mode.

However, I have tested this problem over the last few weeks (as I created the upstream bug report, https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/issues/408) and I have never been able to reproduce it. My guess that I can't reproduce is hinted by this comment: "Our systems do often boot quick enough that Plymouth doesn't have time to activate, too." made in the upstream bug report. Maybe previously my system booted quicker/slower and I saw the password issue and now it boots slower/quicker and I can't reproduce it.

Anyway, with the new version of Plymouth it seems to not be any worse. It would be good if someone else could test it too.