nextcloud / nextcloud/registration

Registration email not optional

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enhancement feature: api 🛠️ feature: frontend 🖌️
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Description

Steps to reproduce
  1. Set up registration with "Email is optional" toggle enabled
  2. Try to register without giving an email
Expected behaviour

The website allows registration to go through

Actual behaviour

A "this field is required" popup appears

Server configuration

Nextcloud version: 25.0.2

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Research direction

Start by reproducing registration in the Nextcloud registration app with the “Email is optional” toggle enabled and no email address. Trace the validation that produces the required-field popup, then verify that registration succeeds without an email while required-email registration remains unchanged.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
authentication
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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