Bug ID: bug-run-1776035132836-02
Missing password validation message85% confidence
{
"SUMMARY": "Missing password validation message",
"BUG_DESCRIPTION": "The password validation error message is not displaying when an invalid password is submitted during registration. The test intentionally enters a password 'abcdefg' that violates password policy (missing special characters, capital letters, and numbers) and expects the validation message '*Please enter 1 Special Character, 1 Capital 1, Numeric 1 Small' to appear. However, the validation message area remains completely empty after clicking the Register button. The form appears to be submitted or processed, but no client-side validation feedback is provided to the user about the invalid password format.",
"IMPACT": "Users will not receive feedback about password requirements when entering weak passwords, leading to confusion during registration and potential security risks from weak passwords being accepted. This could result in increased support tickets, abandoned registrations, and compromised account security if validation is only failing on the client side.",
"CONFIDENCE": 85,
"ROOT_CAUSE": "The password validation message is not being displayed despite the form being submitted with an invalid password. The most likely cause is that the client-side validation JavaScript is either not executing properly or the error message element is not being populated/made visible. Given that this is the first test run for this specific validation test case, it's probable that either the validation logic was recently changed, the error message selector is incorrect, or the validation is happening server-side but the message is not being retrieved and displayed in the UI.",
"ROOT_CAUSE_CANDIDATES": [
{
"analysis": "Client-side password validation JavaScript is not executing or has been disabled/broken, preventing the error message from being generated and displayed",
"probability_percent": 92
},
{
"analysis": "The test is using an incorrect selector (xpath/CSS) to locate the validation message element, causing it to read from the wrong or non-existent element",
"probability_percent": 75
},
{
"analysis": "The validation message DOM element exists but is not being made visible due to CSS display issues or missing show/unhide logic after validation fails",
"probability_percent": 60
},
{
"analysis": "Server-side validation is occurring but the response containing the error message is not being properly parsed and displayed in the UI",
"probability_percent": 45
}
]
}