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Update Watcher docs with guidance regarding simulating watches that contain passwords. #139413

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Update Watcher docs with guidance regarding simulating watches that contain passwords. #139413

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Expand Up @@ -225,6 +225,10 @@ simulation. Be aware of these implementation details on overrides:
* Condition overrides indicates if you want to force the condition to always be `true`.
* Action overrides support {ref}/watcher-api-execute-watch.html#watcher-api-execute-watch-action-mode[multiple options].

Some watches, such as those using basic auth credentials, contain passwords. For security
reasons, these passwords will be stripped from any watches that are loaded by the
Watcher UI. You will need to manually re-enter these passwords to simulate the watch.

After starting the simulation, you’ll see a results screen. For more information
on the fields in the response, see the {ref}/watcher-api-execute-watch.html[Execute watch API].

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