*** Original post on bio 614 at 2010-12-08 11:42:00 UTC *** There's no feedback at all (not even an error on the console) if you fail to join a password protected IRC channel (mode: +k). This includes both the cases of using no or a wrong password.

*** Original post on bio 614 at 2010-12-08 11:47:33 UTC *** Suggestion: open a new tab for the conversation and display a password prompt instead of the conversation view. It could maybe be one of these boxes with rounded corners and an icon in it. Firefox has a nice 'keys' icon that we could use.

*** Original post on bio 614 at 2010-12-14 04:36:12 UTC *** In addition, the key is allowed to be made available to current channel members (see http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2811#section-4.2.10). In this case it should be available in the UI somewhere.

*** Original post on bio 614 by michael AT der-ball-ist-rund.net at 2011-07-10 20:19:51 UTC *** If the channel is not password protected and does not exist, there is feedback in the Error Console, but no other information for the user.

*** Original post on bio 614 at 2012-09-01 12:30:34 UTC *** We now display a message (added in bug 955086 (bio 1657)): "Cannot join %S, invalid channel key." I agree that it would be nice to actually prompt for a password or something though. I'm closing this bug as a duplicate though as it DOES provide feedback.