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Make password errors more user friendly

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Created on 10 October 2022, about 2 years ago
Updated 29 September 2023, about 1 year ago

Problem/Motivation

The password error message contain some information that I think is not very useful to the common user.
Two aspects that can be dropped, from my point of view:

  1. On dictionary match: the number in the dictionary. As end-user, I have no clue what this means.
  2. General error text: It mentions the current password strength score and the required minimum. As end-user I have no clue what the specific score values imply without explanation of its calculation, which I'm not even interest in (I just want to get a new password accepted).

Last, the status message with password score on validation success, also seems a bit pointless. Feels more like something to log.

Proposed resolution

  1. Change the dictionary error to: '%str matches a common password'
  2. Limit the general error text to: 'Please choose a stronger password.'
  3. Omit the validation success message
✨ Feature request
Status

Fixed

Version

2.1

Component

Code

Created by

🇧🇪Belgium andreasderijcke Antwerpen / Gent

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