apache/answer · warning

the password does not satisfy the current policy requirement

Error message

the password does not satisfy the current policy requirements

What it means

CheckPassword in pkg/checker/password.go:64 fails the password when its computed strength level is below minLevel. Strength is scored 0–4 by counting matches of digit, lowercase, uppercase, and special-character regex classes. Note: minLevel is currently 0 (TODO in source), so this branch is effectively dormant unless minLevel is raised — the only actively reachable password error is the no-spaces rule.

Source

Thrown at pkg/checker/password.go:64

	// TODO Currently there is no requirement for password strength
	minLevel := 0

	// The password strength level is initialized to D.
	// The regular is used to verify the password strength.
	// If the matching is successful, the password strength increases by 1
	level := levelD
	patternList := []string{`[0-9]+`, `[a-z]+`, `[A-Z]+`, `[~!@#$%^&*?_-]+`}
	for _, pattern := range patternList {
		match, _ := regexp.MatchString(pattern, password)
		if match {
			level++
		}
	}

	// If the final password strength falls below the required minimum strength, return with an error
	if level < minLevel {
		return fmt.Errorf("the password does not satisfy the current policy requirements")
	}
	return nil
}

View on GitHub (pinned to 3b9f137061)

Solutions

1. Use a password mixing upper-case, lower-case, digits, and special characters (no spaces)
2. If you control minLevel, set it explicitly to the desired strength instead of relying on the default 0
3. If a generated password fails (generateRandomPasswordWithRetry), ensure the generator alphabet covers all character classes
4. Surface the policy requirements to the user in the UI before submission

Example fix

// before
pw := "abc"
err := checker.CheckPassword(pw) // weak
// after
pw := "Abc123!xyz" // multiple character classes
err := checker.CheckPassword(pw)

func meetsPolicy(pw string) bool {
	if strings.Contains(pw, " ") { return false }
	classes := regexp.MustCompile(`[0-9]`).MatchString(pw) ||
		regexp.MustCompile(`[a-z]`).MatchString(pw) ||
		regexp.MustCompile(`[A-Z]`).MatchString(pw) ||
		regexp.MustCompile(`[~!@#$%^&*?_-]`).MatchString(pw)
	return classes // extend with per-class count checks vs minLevel
}

func isPasswordPolicyErr(err error) bool { return err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "policy requirements") }

if err := checker.CheckPassword(pw); err != nil {
	return fmt.Errorf("password rejected: %w (use upper, lower, digit, symbol; no spaces)", err)
}

When it happens

Trigger: Called from ResetPassword, promptForPassword, generateRandomPasswordWithRetry, and Check; returns this error when level < minLevel, i.e. once minLevel is configured above 0, any password lacking enough character classes (e.g. lowercase-only) triggers it.

Common situations: Users resetting passwords with weak single-class passwords; deployments that raise minLevel and suddenly see previously accepted passwords rejected; generated random passwords failing policy if the generator's alphabet is too narrow.

Related errors

• validate check exception
• base.request_format_error
• error.password.space_invalid
• decode image config error: %v
• image size too large

AI-assisted analysis of apache/answer@3b9f137061 (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/3f5c403657820fba. Report an issue: GitHub.