They keep a log of the 3 (or more) previously used passwords. If you try to change to any of them, it will give you this error.
So if you changed your password and then forgot. Changing it back to the password before that will tell you not to use previous passwords even if it is not the current password.
It will also tell you a password is incorrect using a VPN in certain cases, which is an okay security measure, but it can be pretty annoying till you figure out what’s going on.
That is not how it works.
They keep a log of the 3 (or more) previously used passwords. If you try to change to any of them, it will give you this error.
So if you changed your password and then forgot. Changing it back to the password before that will tell you not to use previous passwords even if it is not the current password.
Except sometimes I know for certain the “wrong password” it wants me to change is the currently used one.
It will also tell you a password is incorrect using a VPN in certain cases, which is an okay security measure, but it can be pretty annoying till you figure out what’s going on.