From 5376e3a3ea5d3c2ad060bb25ff2ced43c22e9daf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: karilint <kari.lintulaakso@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 16:00:26 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Fix generated password validation

---
 backend/src/unit-tests/validatePassword.test.ts | 4 ++++
 backend/src/utils/validatePassword.ts           | 2 +-
 frontend/src/hooks/usePasswordValidation.ts     | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/src/unit-tests/validatePassword.test.ts b/backend/src/unit-tests/validatePassword.test.ts
index d0b1c41df..9de6333e3 100644
--- a/backend/src/unit-tests/validatePassword.test.ts
+++ b/backend/src/unit-tests/validatePassword.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ describe('Password validation utils', () => {
   it('Accepts correct password with symbols', () => {
     expect(validatePassword('thisisav~!%ali&dpas$sword').isValid).toBeTruthy()
   })
+  it('Accepts generated password symbols', () => {
+    expect(validatePassword('valid^password').isValid).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(validatePassword('valid?password').isValid).toBeTruthy()
+  })
   it('Rejects invalid password with unsupported symbols in the middle', () => {
     expect(validatePassword('thisisav~%a€li&dpas$sword').isValid).toBeFalsy()
   })
diff --git a/backend/src/utils/validatePassword.ts b/backend/src/utils/validatePassword.ts
index 281c89d02..0b47bbc63 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils/validatePassword.ts
+++ b/backend/src/utils/validatePassword.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export interface PasswordValidationResult {
 
 export const validatePassword = (password: string): PasswordValidationResult => {
   if (password.length < 8) return { isValid: false, error: 'Password must be at least 8 characters long' }
-  if (!/^[0-9A-Za-z$%&~!]+$/.test(password))
+  if (!/^[0-9A-Za-z^?$%&~!]+$/.test(password))
     return {
       isValid: false,
       error: 'Password must only contain characters a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and ^?$%&~!',
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/usePasswordValidation.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/usePasswordValidation.ts
index 201b98f8b..1e00eb3e6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks/usePasswordValidation.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/usePasswordValidation.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export const usePasswordValidation = () => {
         return { isValid: false, error: requirements[0] }
       }
 
-      if (!/^[0-9A-Za-z$%&~!]+$/.test(password)) {
+      if (!/^[0-9A-Za-z^?$%&~!]+$/.test(password)) {
         return { isValid: false, error: requirements[1] }
       }