better for analysis, reproduce the problem in a clean Emacs session
started with @command{emacs -Q}. Then, @value{tramp} does not load
the persistency file (@pxref{Connection caching}), and it does not use
-passwords from @file{auth-source.el} (@pxref{Password handling}).
+passwords from @file{auth-source.el} (@pxref{Password handling}). If
+you really need a password cache, for example for the
+@option{sudoedit} method, call
+
+@smallexample
+emacs -Q -l tramp \
+ --eval '(setq tramp-cache-read-persistent-data t)' \
+ --eval '(tramp-cleanup-all-connections)'
+@end smallexample
+
When including @value{tramp}'s messages in the bug report, increase
the verbosity level to 6 (@pxref{Traces and Profiles, Traces}) in the