{"record":{"id":"742d63505073e945","repo":"apache/answer","slug":"generate-random-password-failed-w","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"generate random password failed: %w","messagePattern":"generate random password failed: %w","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"internal/cli/reset_password.go","lineNumber":170,"sourceCode":"\n\tfmt.Printf(\"Password has been successfully updated for user: %s\\n\", email)\n\tfmt.Println(\"All login sessions have been cleared\")\n\n\treturn nil\n}\n\n// promptForPassword prompts for a password\nfunc promptForPassword() (string, error) {\n\tfor {\n\t\tinput, err := getPasswordInput(\"Please input new password (empty to generate random password): \")\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn \"\", err\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tif input == \"\" {\n\t\t\tpassword, err := generateRandomPasswordWithRetry()\n\t\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\t\treturn \"\", fmt.Errorf(\"generate random password failed: %w\", err)\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\tfmt.Printf(\"Generated random password: %s\\n\", password)\n\t\t\tfmt.Println(\"Please save this password in a secure location\")\n\t\t\treturn password, nil\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tif err := checker.CheckPassword(input); err != nil {\n\t\t\tfmt.Printf(\"Password validation failed: %v\\n\", err)\n\t\t\tfmt.Println(\"Please try again\")\n\t\t\tcontinue\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tconfirmPwd, err := getPasswordInput(\"Please confirm new password: \")\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn \"\", err\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tif input != confirmPwd {","sourceCodeStart":152,"sourceCodeEnd":188,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/apache/answer/blob/3b9f1370612e690a0b7f230f05e688930db4c6d3/internal/cli/reset_password.go#L152-L188","documentation":"Fires in promptForPassword when the user leaves the new-password prompt empty, and generateRandomPasswordWithRetry cannot produce a policy-valid random password — either every attempt errored generating crypto-random bytes, or 10 generated candidates all failed CheckPassword. At fault is the system CSPRNG availability / random generation pipeline, not user input.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at internal/cli/reset_password.go:170 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Inspect the wrapped error from generateRandomPasswordWithRetry for the root cause (usually crypto/rand failure)","Re-run the command; crypto/rand read failures are typically transient","Check that /dev/urandom is accessible and the host entropy source is healthy","Verify filesystem and OS-level permissions are intact in the runtime environment"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"3b9f1370612e690a0b7f230f05e688930db4c6d3","analyzedAt":"2026-09-05T18:18:39.533Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-05T18:18:39.533Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-12T22:17:10.623Z"}