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Fix the password rule for Southwest so generated passwords don't start with a special character - #1901
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Southwest's change password form and sign-in form both reject passwords that start with a special
character ("Must not start with special characters"). The change password form leaves its Save
button inert, and the sign-in form shows "Enter a valid password." Special characters elsewhere in
the password are fine.
Password rules can't express a positional constraint, so the previous rule (allowed: lower,
[!@#$%^*(),.;:/\]) could generate a password such as ")T)mJ6/JnLXUV1D" that Southwest refuses.
Since Southwest doesn't require a special character, stop generating them.
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Southwest's change password form and sign-in form both reject passwords that start with a special character ("Must not start with special characters"). The change password form leaves its Save button inert, and the sign-in form shows "Enter a valid password." Special characters elsewhere in the password are fine.
Password rules can't express a positional constraint, so the previous rule (allowed: lower, [!@#$%^*(),.;:/]) could generate a password such as ")T)mJ6/JnLXUV1D" that Southwest refuses. Since Southwest doesn't require a special character, stop generating them.
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