1692184 - [next.co.uk][Register] Generated Password does not pass site requirements

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Toolkit :: Password Manager: Site Compatibility, defect, P3)

Description

[Timea Cernea [:tbabos][inactive]]

Attachment: Screenshot of the issue

Affected versions
Nightly 87.0a1
Firefox 86 beta 8
Firefox 85.0.1

Affected platform
Mac OS X 10.15

Steps to reproduce

1. Go to next.co.uk register page: https://www3.next.co.uk/secure/account/Register
2. Click on the password field and choose to generate a password

Expected result
The generated password should pass site requirements.

Actual Result
Generated Password does not pass site requirements, since it does not accept more than 12 characters.

Notes

• Reproducible on Chrome? No
• Regression-range: not a regression, reproduced on Fx70
• Field attribute:
  <input value="" aria-describedby="passwordHelp Password-error" aria-required="true" autocomplete="new-password" class="form-control input-txt-field filled input-validation-error" data-ga="Password" data-ga-label="password_one_page_reg_input_field" data-val="true" data-val-regex="Please enter a password containing both numbers and letters that is 6-12 characters long. Please use English characters only." data-val-regex-pattern="^(?=.{6,12}$)(?=.\d)(?=.[a-zA-Z]).*" data-val-required="Please enter a password containing both numbers and letters that is 6-12 characters long." id="Password" maxlength="12" name="Password" type="password" aria-invalid="true">

Comment 1

[Timea Cernea [:tbabos][inactive]]

This was not fixed by Bug 1686071 given it is not part of Apple's rules data set.

Comment 2

[Sergey Galich [:serg]]

Seems like this website stopped requesting special characters, but they specify maxLength=12 and we didn't respect that.

Comment 3

[Sergey Galich [:serg]]

Fixed by Bug 1634783 and Bug 1559986