{"record":{"id":"7f476e6aaf14c48f","repo":"apache/answer","slug":"failed-to-generate-valid-password-after-d-retries","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"failed to generate valid password after %d retries","messagePattern":"failed to generate valid password after (.+?) retries","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"internal/cli/reset_password.go","lineNumber":214,"sourceCode":"\nfunc generateRandomPasswordWithRetry() (string, error) {\n\tvar password string\n\tvar err error\n\n\tfor range maxRetries {\n\t\tpassword, err = generateRandomPassword(defaultRandomPasswordLength)\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\tcontinue\n\t\t}\n\t\tif err := checker.CheckPassword(password); err == nil {\n\t\t\treturn password, nil\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn \"\", err\n\t}\n\treturn \"\", fmt.Errorf(\"failed to generate valid password after %d retries\", maxRetries)\n}\n\nfunc getPasswordInput(prompt string) (string, error) {\n\tfmt.Print(prompt)\n\tpassword, err := term.ReadPassword(int(os.Stdin.Fd()))\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn \"\", err\n\t}\n\tfmt.Println()\n\treturn string(password), nil\n}\n\nfunc generateRandomPassword(length int) (string, error) {\n\tif length < len(charset) {\n\t\treturn \"\", fmt.Errorf(\"password length must be at least %d\", len(charset))\n\t}\n\n\tbytes := make([]byte, length)","sourceCodeStart":196,"sourceCodeEnd":232,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/apache/answer/blob/3b9f1370612e690a0b7f230f05e688930db4c6d3/internal/cli/reset_password.go#L196-L232","documentation":"Sentinel error raised in generateRandomPasswordWithRetry after maxRetries (10) attempts where generateRandomPassword itself never returned an error but every generated password failed checker.CheckPassword. It is a generic guard indicating the random generator plus policy combination never converged, with no specific user input at fault.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at internal/cli/reset_password.go:214 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Generate a longer random password so candidates satisfy the policy more often (length must be >= len(charset))","Inspect why candidates keep failing CheckPassword — either crypto/rand failures or an overly strict policy","Manually pass a policy-compliant password via the prompt or the --password flag instead of relying on generation","Increase maxRetries if the password policy is known to reject valid candidates frequently"],"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":"2026-09-14T00:17:10.932Z"}