Yes, that issue and workaround was noted in the Stable Update 2023-11-06 announcement, in October last year:
Regarding the authentication issue; see if any the following notes from the respective Announcements might be relevant in your case:
- Changes to default password hashing algorithm and umask settings (2023-10-04).
- polkit update might remove your local modified config (2024-02-21).
- issues with auto-mount of ntfs filesystem using Kernel 6.8 (2024-04-04).
I hope this helps. Cheers.
Aside:- These complications will arise as a result of not maintaining the system as frequently and thoroughly as a rolling release demands; this is unavoidable, I’m afraid.
If you foresee this situation arising consistently, it might be worth considering a point release distribution of some kind, instead.