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We pushed a new password error from the backend with the intention that it would be passed through to our SDKs. However, password fields have special behavior that override the generic error builder and do not fallback to the apierror from the backend.

Two layers to the fix:

  1. Specific: handle form_password_matches_identifier, and add the unstable__errors.form_password_matches_identifier key with an en-US string mirroring the server copy.
  2. General: filter to codes present in mapComplexityErrors and, when none remain, fall back to longMessage || message. This restores the passthrough for any future unrecognized code, and stops an unmapped code arriving alongside a mapped one from contributing a blank list item.
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We pushed a new password error from the backend with the intention that
it would be passed through to our SDKs. However, password fields have
special behavior that override the generic error builder and do not
fallback to the apierror from the backend.

Two layers to the fix:

1. Specific: handle `form_password_matches_identifier`, and add the
   `unstable__errors.form_password_matches_identifier` key with an en-US
   string mirroring the server copy.
2. General: filter to codes present in `mapComplexityErrors` and, when none
   remain, fall back to `longMessage || message`. This restores the
   passthrough for any future unrecognized code, and stops an unmapped code
   arriving alongside a mapped one from contributing a blank list item.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Adds the form_password_matches_identifier localization key and English message. Adds the key to other localization resources with undefined translations. Updates createPasswordError to localize this error and preserve server messages for unmapped password errors. Adds tests for identifier matching, unmapped errors, and mapped-error precedence. Adds patch changesets for the affected packages.

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packages/ui/src/utils/__tests__/passwordUtils.test.tsx (1)

184-200: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add coverage for longMessage precedence.

This test only supplies message. The new fallback contract is longMessage || message, so add a case with both fields and assert that longMessage is returned. Keep the current case to retain coverage for the message-only fallback.

As per coding guidelines: “Verify proper error handling and edge cases.”

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In `@packages/ui/src/utils/__tests__/passwordUtils.test.tsx` around lines 184 -
200, Add a separate test near the existing message-only fallback case for
createPasswordError that supplies both longMessage and message for an unmapped
password-rule code, and assert that longMessage is returned; preserve the
existing message-only test unchanged.

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Inline comments:
In `@packages/ui/src/utils/passwordUtils.ts`:
- Around line 62-63: Update the knownErrors filter in the password complexity
handling to recognize only codes that are own properties of complexityErrors,
replacing the inherited-property-sensitive in check with an own-key check while
preserving the existing fallback behavior.

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In `@packages/ui/src/utils/__tests__/passwordUtils.test.tsx`:
- Around line 184-200: Add a separate test near the existing message-only
fallback case for createPasswordError that supplies both longMessage and message
for an unmapped password-rule code, and assert that longMessage is returned;
preserve the existing message-only test unchanged.
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Comment thread packages/ui/src/utils/passwordUtils.ts Outdated
Address CI and review feedback on the password error fallback:

- `e.code in complexityErrors` matched inherited properties, so a code named
  `toString` or `constructor` would skip the fallback and rebuild the broken
  sentence. Use `Object.hasOwn`.
- Return the error itself rather than a pre-resolved string, so `setError`
  pipes it through `translateError` and a future unmapped code can still be
  localized by code before falling back to the API message. This matches
  `createUsernameError`.
- Run `pnpm --filter @clerk/localizations generate` to add the new key to the
  other locale files, which the "Verify localizations are generated" CI step
  requires.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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