[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #63897: Generate Password button requires two clicks to update the password field on Add New User screen
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Thu Sep 11 12:25:19 UTC 2025
#63897: Generate Password button requires two clicks to update the password field
on Add New User screen
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Reporter: parthvataliya | Owner: (none)
Type: defect (bug) | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Awaiting
| Review
Component: Users | Version: 5.6
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: has-patch has-test-info dev- | Focuses: javascript
feedback |
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Comment (by pmbaldha):
== Test Report
Patch tested: https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/9677
=== Steps to Reproduce or Test
1. Go to Users -> Add New.
2. Scroll to the Password field and click Generate Password.
3. 🐞 Notice that the password input value remains unchanged.
4. Click Generate Password again. This time, the password input updates
correctly with a previously created password.
1. Install and Activate the "Email Log" plugin.
2. Log out from Admin Dashboard.
3. Open http://localhost:8889/wp-login.php and click on the "Lost your
password?" link.
4. Fill either username or email, and then click on the "Get New Password"
button.
5. Login to the Admin Dashboard >
=== Expected Results
When testing a patch to validate it works as expected:
- ✅ What should happen when running the test
When reproducing a bug:
- ❌ Error condition occurs.
=== Environment
- WordPress: 6.9-alpha-60093-src
- PHP: 8.2.29
- Server: nginx/1.29.1
- Database: mysqli (Server: 8.4.6 / Client: mysqlnd 8.2.29)
- Browser: Chrome 140.0.0.0
- OS: Windows 10/11
- Theme: Twenty Seventeen 3.9
- MU Plugins:
* test.php
- Plugins:
* Email Log 2.61
* Test Reports 1.2.0
==== Actual Results
When reproducing a bug/defect:
- ❌ Error condition occurs.
When testing the bugfix patch:
- ✅ Issue resolved with patch.
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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63897#comment:11>
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