apps/api/src/routes/me.ts

@@ -257,7 +257,12 @@ meRouter.post(
     // T-19-07: verify current password before any update
     const isCorrect = verifyPassword(credRow.passwordHash, currentPassword);
     if (!isCorrect) {
-      return c.json({ error: 'Current password incorrect' }, 401);
+      // CR-03: return 403 (NOT 401) for a wrong current password. The PWA's global
+      // MutationCache treats any 401 as "session expired" and arms the re-auth
+      // interstitial / login redirect — so a 401 here would force-log-out a user who
+      // merely mistyped their current password. 403 is in-app authorization-failure and
+      // lets the client surface "current password incorrect" without dropping the session.
+      return c.json({ error: 'Current password incorrect' }, 403);
     }
 
     try {

apps/api/tests/routes/me.test.ts

@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ describe('POST /api/me/password — self-change password (AUTH-LOCAL-09)', () =>
     expect(verifyPassword(updatedHash!, oldPassword)).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  it('Test 2: wrong currentPassword → 401 and update is NOT called', async () => {
+  it('Test 2: wrong currentPassword → 403 and update is NOT called', async () => {
     const { db } = await import('../../src/db/client.js');
 
     const realPassword = 'real-password-correct-789';
@@ -374,7 +374,9 @@ describe('POST /api/me/password — self-change password (AUTH-LOCAL-09)', () =>
       body: JSON.stringify({ currentPassword: 'WRONG-password', newPassword: 'new-pass-12345678' }),
     });
 
-    expect(res.status).toBe(401);
+    // CR-03: wrong current password returns 403 (in-app authz failure), NOT 401.
+    // A 401 would be interpreted by the PWA as session expiry and log the user out.
+    expect(res.status).toBe(403);
     const body = (await res.json()) as { error: string };
     expect(body.error).toBe('Current password incorrect');
     // Update must NOT have been called

apps/pwa/src/api/client.ts

@@ -141,9 +141,14 @@ export async function fetchLocalLogout(): Promise<void> {
  * Requires the user's current password and a new password (min 8 chars).
  *
  * Status codes:
- *   401 → wrong current password (throws Error with code 'wrong-current')
- *   422 → validation failure (throws Error with code 'validation')
- *   other non-ok → generic error
+ *   403 → wrong current password (throws Error('wrong-current')) — NOT a session expiry
+ *   401 / opaqueredirect → genuine session expiry (throws SessionExpiredError)
+ *   other non-ok → generic error (throws Error('server'))
+ *
+ * CR-03: the server returns 403 (not 401) for an incorrect current password so this
+ * client can distinguish an in-app authorization failure from a real session expiry.
+ * Treating that case as 401 would route it to the global MutationCache session-expiry
+ * handler and forcibly log the user out for a simple mistyped password.
  */
 export async function fetchChangePassword(body: {
   currentPassword: string;
@@ -157,6 +162,8 @@ export async function fetchChangePassword(body: {
     body: JSON.stringify(body),
   });
 
+  // 403 → wrong current password (in-app). Check BEFORE the 401 session-expiry branch.
+  if (res.status === 403) throw new Error('wrong-current');
   if (res.type === 'opaqueredirect' || res.status === 401) throw new SessionExpiredError();
   if (!res.ok) {
     const detail = (await res.json().catch(() => ({}))) as { code?: string };