1718624 - [economist.com][ChangeForm] The generated Password is not detected by the password field validation

Status: NEW

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

Description

[Timea Cernea [:tbabos][inactive]]

Attachment: Screenshot of the issue

Affected versions
All latest Firefox versions

Tested On
Mac OS X 10.15

Steps to reproduce
(have a valid account created on The Economist)

1. Go to the login form and choose "Forgot Password" and follow the flow
2. Click on the New Password field
3. Click on the Password Generation option

Expected result
The generated password should be detected by the field validation.

Actual Result
The generated Password is not detected by the password field validation

Notes

• Reproducible on Chrome? No
• Regression-range: not a regression, can be reproduced back to 79 as well
• Note: Editing the generated password will toggle the field validation and pass.
• Field attr: <input class="password-input input wide mt8 mb16 password" type="password" name="newpassword" id="newpassword" autofocus="" data-uidsfdc="4">
• Not reproducible on their change password form

Comment 1

[Dimi Lee [:dimi]]

This bug is similar to the cases where sites rely on certain key events (keyup, keydown, etc) to change its state.