# Signup error msg is confusing: "User password password is the same as your name"

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/signup-error-msg-is-confusing-user-password-password-is-the-same-as-your-name/339861>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [December 2, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/signup-error-msg-is-confusing-user-password-password-is-the-same-as-your-name/339861 "2024-12-02T17:02:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![jancernik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jancernik/32/275892_2.png) [@jancernik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jancernik)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/signup-error-msg-is-confusing-user-password-password-is-the-same-as-your-name/339861/7 "2024-12-19T21:06:10Z")

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Hey @Jay_Boyd, thanks for the report! This issue has been fixed in the following commit:  
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/ca0ea3d201be981b9bcdc236c0b25b6623b611a3](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/ca0ea3d201be981b9bcdc236c0b25b6623b611a3)

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