Rawhide login "feature"

[Jim Bevier]

I am running the latest rawhide using KDE.  When the login screen comes up, 
it provides my username and is setting at the password entry.  If I type in 
all or part of my password and then stop typing, the entry gets cleared 
after about 40 seconds.  I have to retype the password again.  Is this a 
timeout a "feature" or a bug?  If it is a "feature", why is there a timeout 
and clearing of the entry?

Jim