Password generator policy doesn't apply to number of words in passphrases

[kolja1507]

Steps To Reproduce

1. Go to password generator policy
2. In section Passphrase, set Minimum number of words to 4+
3. Click on Save
4. Go to password generator
5. (In section Password type, select Passphrase)
6. In section Number of words, click on ⌄
7. Click on Regenerate password

Expected Result

• Step 5 shouldn't decrease number of words below policy
• Step 6 shouldn't generate number of words below policy

Actual Result

• Step 5 decreases number of words below policy (in Firefox, Brave & Safari)
• Step 6 generates number of words below policy (in Firefox)

Screenshots or Videos

Additional Context

The result of step 6 is of course more critical than that of step 5. The latter should also be fixable, though - as it works as expected regarding password length.

Side note: When the generator's Password type is set to PassWORD, the Minimum password length is shown. When the generator's Password type is set to PassPHRASE, the Minimum number of words is NOT shown.

Operating System

macOS

Operating System Version

14.5

Web Browser

Firefox

Browser Version

127.0

Build Version

2024.6.1

Issue Tracking Info

• [X] I understand that work is tracked outside of Github. A PR will be linked to this issue should one be opened to address it, but Bitwarden doesn't use fields like "assigned", "milestone", or "project" to track progress.

[jtodddd]

Hi there,

Thank you for your report!

I was able to reproduce this issue, and I have flagged this to our engineering team.

If you wish to add any further information/screenshots/recordings etc., please feel free to do so at any time - our engineering team will be happy to review these.

Thanks once again!