I couldn’t sign in, tried the forgot my password, the link failed, but it signed me in anyway.

I tried to sign in, but my password failed.  Tried the forget my password, the email gave me a iPhone link, I’m using a iPad!  Tried the link, it said it timed out, it was less than a minute trying this.  After it said the link timed out, it then automatically signed me into my account.  I didn’t do anything to get this working except follow the link.