From 68a19533893e16794a59208c6162fa919bc2a3d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Audric Ackermann <audric@getsession.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 11:36:56 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: don't trim entered passwords

---
 ts/components/dialog/SessionSetPasswordDialog.tsx | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ts/components/dialog/SessionSetPasswordDialog.tsx b/ts/components/dialog/SessionSetPasswordDialog.tsx
index 277616eaf..503df3b08 100644
--- a/ts/components/dialog/SessionSetPasswordDialog.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/dialog/SessionSetPasswordDialog.tsx
@@ -343,10 +343,11 @@ export class SessionSetPasswordDialog extends Component<Props, State> {
     const { currentPasswordEntered, currentPasswordConfirmEntered, currentPasswordRetypeEntered } =
       this.state;
 
-    // Trim leading / trailing whitespace for UX
-    const firstPasswordEntered = (currentPasswordEntered || '').trim();
-    const secondPasswordEntered = (currentPasswordConfirmEntered || '').trim();
-    const thirdPasswordEntered = (currentPasswordRetypeEntered || '').trim();
+    // Note: don't trim anything. If the user entered a space as a first/last
+    // char and saved it as is in his password manager, so be it.
+    const firstPasswordEntered = currentPasswordEntered || '';
+    const secondPasswordEntered = currentPasswordConfirmEntered || '';
+    const thirdPasswordEntered = currentPasswordRetypeEntered || '';
 
     switch (passwordAction) {
       case 'set': {