Design: Improve the user experience for adding passwords so they're evaluated as raw and are masked by default
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Problem to solve
Based on the results of solution validation UX research https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ux-research/-/issues/1896 developers expect password variables to be evaluated as raw string and to be masked.
We should improve the experience for creating passwords to reduce the decision making necessary to create a password variable. Currently users need to select multiple settings to achieve the necessary level of security and the expected processing behavior with passwords.
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