Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Password fields
Raised as a usability problem by 48 people on Hacker News over 18 years (2009–2026), in 43 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
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Password fields block pasting, forcing manual typing of passwordsUnreviewed
20092026- Blocks pasting into password fields, forcing users to type passwords manually2024-05-15
- Password fields block pasting and impose obtuse requirements, hurting password manager use2022-12-23
- Sites blocked pasting into password fields, forcing workarounds to use a generator2021-06-06
Typing masked passwords on phones leads to repeated errors and retriesUnreviewed
20092026- Keyboard-only users cannot reach the password reveal feature because it is skipped2025-10-31
- Masked password input makes it almost impossible to type correctly on phones2023-10-11
- Can't view typed password, so typos cause unexplained wrong-password errors2022-07-22
Rules forbid special characters they earlier requiredUnreviewed
20092026- Password rules forbid some special characters after requiring them, which is annoying to work around2022-08-29
- Password rules block standard keyboard characters, forcing the user to choose a different password2017-05-19
- Users abroad or on other keyboards can't type special characters to log in2016-11-22
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 48 complaints
- Password field shows only the last character, causing many typos and wasted time2026-08-17
- Maximum password length caps block users from entering long passphrases2026-06-19
- Keyboard-only users cannot reach the password reveal feature because it is skipped2025-10-31
- Blocks pasting into password fields, forcing users to type passwords manually2024-05-15
- Mismatched max length on password fields between create account and login forms2024-03-08
- Masked password input makes it almost impossible to type correctly on phones2023-10-11
- Password fields block pasting and impose obtuse requirements, hurting password manager use2022-12-23
- Password field rejects passwords longer than a low maximum like 12 characters2022-12-23
- Password field silently truncates input at a hidden character limit, so users think their password is longer2022-10-28
- Password rules forbid some special characters after requiring them, which is annoying to work around2022-08-29
- Can't view typed password, so typos cause unexplained wrong-password errors2022-07-22
- Silent password truncation makes password managers fail to log in, with no warning shown2021-11-17
- Masked inputs are broken in mobile Chromium and unusable in mobile Firefox2021-10-09
- Sites blocked pasting into password fields, forcing workarounds to use a generator2021-06-06
- Blocks pasting into password fields, forcing users to type passwords manually2021-05-28
- Forced complex passwords users can't remember, so they must write them down or reset2021-02-26
- Blocks pasting passwords, forcing manual entry of complex passwords from a password manager2020-05-18
- Too-long password silently accepted, so user cannot know what was saved2019-09-05
- Entering long random passwords on mobile and TV keyboards without a reveal toggle causes repeated failed logins2019-06-19
- Can't verify typed password because it's hidden with no show option, causing mobile typos2018-09-03
- Password rules block standard keyboard characters, forcing the user to choose a different password2017-05-19
- Can't see what was typed, so mistakes go unnoticed2017-05-18
- Hidden passwords make typos undetectable, leaving users locked out of new accounts2017-05-18
- Password fields silently truncate pasted passwords, so logins with saved passwords fail2017-05-18
- Blocks pasting, so the user can't paste their full password2017-05-18
- Silent password truncation and login failing on symbols the signup allowed2017-03-10
- Users abroad or on other keyboards can't type special characters to log in2016-11-22
- Disabled pasting in password fields blocks copying from password managers2016-09-08
- Paste is disabled in password fields, making password entry harder for users2016-06-26
- Forced to retype email and cannot paste it into the confirmation box2016-05-22
- Japanese passwords rejected at signup or not recognized at login2015-04-09
- Silent failures and misleading errors when generated passwords are rejected, with no clue which rule was broken2015-01-10
- Sites silently truncate or drop characters, so stored passwords fail to log in2014-09-03
- Long pasted passwords are silently truncated with no error, so users can't tell the limit2014-06-04
- Blocked pasting stops the user from filling in their password manager's password2014-05-06
- Disabling paste in password fields breaks password manager use2014-03-14
- Sites silently drop characters past a limit and reject symbols in passwords2013-12-02
- Typing masked passwords on phones leads to repeated errors and retries2013-09-19
- Password echoing behaves inconsistently between GUI and command line environments2012-12-23
- Users couldn't tell what the indicator was supposed to mean2012-03-10
- Silently truncates passwords after n characters with no warning, making login failures hard to troubleshoot2011-06-26
- Sites reject special characters like commas, or accept passwords they then refuse to log in with2011-06-06
- Typed password is shown in plain text, which users find jarring and unexpected2011-05-06
- Many password fields refuse long passphrases, forcing shorter, less secure passwords2011-04-15
- Users must repeat password recovery on every visit and eventually abandon the site2011-02-04
- Visualization is extremely confusing to users2009-11-05
- Each site behaves differently, forcing users to adapt to inconsistent password field display2009-07-09
- Masked password entry makes users unable to see mistakes like caps lock or wrong layout2009-06-23