docs: document password protection dashboard feature#3743
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| Protect your published documentation site with a shared password directly from the [Fern Dashboard](https://dashboard.buildwithfern.com/). When enabled, visitors must enter the password before they can view any content. | ||
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[Microsoft.Contractions] Use 'aren't' instead of 'are not'.
| When password protection is enabled, visitors to your documentation site are prompted to enter a password before they can view any content. Once authenticated, users can browse the site until their session expires. | ||
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| When password protection is active, search engines will not index your site. |
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Summary
Documents the new self-serve password protection feature added to the Fern Dashboard in fern-api/fern-platform#7377. Previously, the password protection docs page directed users to contact Fern — this PR replaces that with step-by-step instructions for the dashboard-based workflow.
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docs/authentication/password.mdx— replaced "contact Fern" setup instructions with dashboard steps (enable, reset, remove), added SEO indexing notedashboard/pages/password-protection.mdx— new dedicated dashboard page covering enable/reset/remove flows and permission requirementsdashboard/dashboard.yml— added nav entry under Configurationdashboard/pages/overview.mdx— added password protection card to the Setup sectionUpdates since last revision
aren't,won't) instead of full forms per project style rules.Local Testing
Both pages were verified locally with
fern docs dev:Docs > Authentication > Password protection (
/learn/docs/authentication/setup/password-protection):Dashboard > Configuration > Password protection (
/learn/dashboard/configuration/password-protection):All components (
<Steps>,<Note>,<Warning>,<Card>) render correctly and navigation links resolve locally.Preview deployment: https://fern-preview-ec40e485-ee96-4e5e-a0e1-3e9652e4e887.docs.buildwithfern.com/learn
Review & Testing Checklist for Human
dbdf34adcf). Confirm the dashboard password protection UI is actually deployed before merging these docs./learn/dashboard/configuration/password-protectionand/learn/docs/authentication/setup/password-protectionwork in the preview deployment.Recommended test plan: Open the preview deployment, navigate to both the Dashboard > Configuration > Password protection page and the Docs > Authentication > Setup > Password protection page, and verify content renders and all links work. Then open the live Fern Dashboard and compare the described UI (button labels, card placement, dialog text) against the actual Settings page.
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