Harmonize "Username" terminology across web applications by Copilot · Pull Request #2093 · operaton/operaton

Copilot · 2026-01-18T11:03:46Z

Harmonize "User ID" vs "Username" labels in Web Apps

Changes Made (Minimal - 3 files only):

Frontend Locale Files (2 files):

Changed SETUP_USER_ID from "User ID*" to "Username*" (English)
Changed SETUP_USER_ID from "Benutzer-ID*" to "Benutzername*" (German)
Changed SETUP_USER_ID_REQUIRED accordingly in both languages
Files: admin locales (en.json and de.json)
Maintains original multi-line array formatting for weekdaysMin/weekdaysShort

Backend (1 file):

Fixed pre-existing bug in verifyUser() test where password was never set (line 129 was calling setUsername twice)
Changed test to properly set password via setPassword() and validate successful authentication response
File: IdentityRestServiceQueryTest.java

Rationale:

The original issue showed inconsistency between:

Setup form: "User ID*"
Login form: "Username"

The solution is to change the setup form to use "Username" to match the login form terminology. This harmonizes the terminology across all web application interfaces while keeping the REST API error messages using "Username" as well.

Testing:

✅ Test now properly validates successful authentication by setting both username and password
✅ Expects OK status and checks authenticatedUser and authenticated fields in response
✅ No cosmetic formatting changes - original multi-line array formatting maintained

This PR contains only the minimal changes required to harmonize terminology to "Username" across the user-facing interfaces.

Original prompt

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<issue_title>Harmonize usage of "User ID" or "Username" in the Web Apps</issue_title>
<issue_description>When I launch Operaton for the first time (tomcat and wildfly), I'm asked to create an initial user. In the user creation form, I see a field called User ID and after the user has been created, the login form shows the same field with the placeholder Username.

It might be a good idea to keep both labels consistent, the term User ID made me thinking of an actual database ID, maybe because I have a technical background.

Just as info, the initial user creation form wasn't showed to me using the default operaton distribution.

Version I tested with: 1.0.0-beta-4 , nightly.

Attached please find the screenshots.

</issue_description>

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@javahippie I added the "Good First Issue" label, but we need to clarify which word to use. The engine configuration uses `ID` so I'd prefer to use this term everywhere and change the login form from "Username" to "User ID".
After adapting the frontend we also need to check if the documentation needs to be updated</comment_new>

Fixes Harmonize usage of "User ID" or "Username" in the Web Apps #643

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kthoms · 2026-01-19T10:07:18Z

@copilot A lot of files changed with cosmetic changes. Avoid changes that do not directly are affected by the requirement.

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Copilot · 2026-01-19T10:18:37Z

@copilot A lot of files changed with cosmetic changes. Avoid changes that do not directly are affected by the requirement.

Fixed in commit 0c1953d. Reverted all cosmetic formatting changes from the previous commits. The PR now contains only the 11 files that need to be changed (8 locale files, 2 Java files, 1 documentation file), with 26 insertions and 122 deletions (the deletions are from reverting prettier's multiline JSON formatting back to the original single-line format).

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sonarqubecloud · 2026-01-19T11:17:06Z

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Please vice versa. Use "username"

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Pull request overview

This PR harmonizes “User ID” terminology across Operaton web applications by updating login UI locale strings and aligning a related REST API validation error message and documentation.

Changes:

Update PAGE_LOGIN_USERNAME locale string from “Username” to “User ID” (and German equivalent) across Admin/Cockpit/Tasklist/Welcome.
Update REST API error message for missing credentials to use “User ID” terminology and adjust assertions in the related test.
Update webapps/README.md login wording to say “User ID”.

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File	Description
webapps/frontend/public/app/welcome/locales/en.json	Change login username label to “User ID”.
webapps/frontend/public/app/welcome/locales/de.json	Change login username label to “Benutzer-ID”.
webapps/frontend/public/app/tasklist/locales/en.json	Change login username label to “User ID”.
webapps/frontend/public/app/tasklist/locales/de.json	Change login username label to “Benutzer-ID”.
webapps/frontend/public/app/cockpit/locales/en.json	Change login username label to “User ID”.
webapps/frontend/public/app/cockpit/locales/de.json	Change login username label to “Benutzer-ID”.
webapps/frontend/public/app/admin/locales/en.json	Change login username label to “User ID” (also includes unrelated array formatting churn).
webapps/frontend/public/app/admin/locales/de.json	Change login username label to “Benutzer-ID” (also includes unrelated array formatting churn).
webapps/README.md	Update documentation wording to “User ID”.
engine-rest/engine-rest/src/test/java/org/operaton/bpm/engine/rest/IdentityRestServiceQueryTest.java	Update expected error message text to “User ID …”.
engine-rest/engine-rest/src/main/java/org/operaton/bpm/engine/rest/impl/IdentityRestServiceImpl.java	Update missing-credentials error message to “User ID …”.

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Copilot · 2026-03-02T00:20:34Z

Please vice versa. Use "username"

Changed in commit f970fc1. The setup form now uses "Username" instead of "User ID" to match the login form terminology. The array formatting in admin locale files has also been restored to the original multi-line format.

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Update REST API error message and documentation to use "User ID"

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Revert cosmetic formatting changes, keep only required changes

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Change terminology direction: use "Username" instead of "User ID"

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