Salesforce Authenticator: Frustrating multi-factor authentication and login requirements
Users experience significant frustration with Salesforce's multi-factor authentication process, specifically due to the cumbersome requirement of manually inputting codes repeatedly. Additionally, they struggle with slow app notification speeds and general dissatisfaction with the platform's overall usability and performance.
6 different people have complained about this since 09 Dec 2021, most recently on 18 Aug 2026.
No new posts for 81 days. This may have been fixed, or people stopped writing about it — the evidence below is from before 18 Aug 2026.
- “I have to manually input the code every time which is a pain.”
- “Super slow approval notifications in the app.”
- “I was already unimpressed with Salesforce as a platform but this requirement is garbage.”
6 people in 6 posts across 2 sources · 0 in the last 30 days, 0 in the 30 before
The pain
shares of 6 peopleWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 6 people using Salesforce Authenticator
- Since
- 09 Dec 2021 → 18 Aug 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- Salesforce Authenticator
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 0% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
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What people were doing
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- Complaint6100%
Sources
6 signals · 2 sources
Evidence
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…an old app, and it looks and feels that way too. Absolutely terrible. I have to manually input the code every time which is a pain. This is supposed to make life easier. Not harder. Salesforce, you’ve failed with this app. You’ve failed hard. You buy reviews because you’re a bad company. This app doesn’t have the 4…
Manual work…they will inconvenience users instead of shore up their own software. Salesforce is such a nightmare
…n account. The Salesforce Authenticator is tilting towards the later. Super slow approval notifications in the app. Back up works some of the time. Every time I go to log in to Salesforce I have about 75% confidence I’ll actually be able to get in. Until they get my confidence up to 100%, this stays at 1 star.…
…ailable and on my persons is a good way to make me hate your service. I was already unimpressed with Salesforce as a platform but this requirement is garbage. I will only pass on the negative experiences I have with this service to other people in the hopes of persuading others to never use this platform.
Strong complaintSalesforce Authenticator — Awful — Frequent issues make this authentication app a pain and tiresome to use.
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Score 22.6 → 22.7 · 03 Nov 2026, 22:00 → 23:15 UTC
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Questions about this idea
- Is Frustrating multi-factor authentication and login requirements a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 6 different people described it independently, in 6 mentions, the earliest from 09 Dec 2021 and the most recent from 18 Aug 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Status: quiet — no new posts in the last 60 days. 0 people raised it in the last 30 days and 0 in the 30 days before; the status compares its share of everything collected from the same source, so collecting more or less cannot create a trend.
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