From 2ba0d716d192f3813f666821682d2ed1eeb92169 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Girish Ramakrishnan <girish@cloudron.io>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 19:57:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] do not validate password when restoring

---
 src/backupsites.js | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backupsites.js b/src/backupsites.js
index 3a6e7bd6f..fcaafc98d 100644
--- a/src/backupsites.js
+++ b/src/backupsites.js
@@ -592,9 +592,7 @@ async function createPseudo(data) {
     if (formatError) throw formatError;
 
     let encryption = null;
-    if (encryptionPassword) {
-        const encryptionPasswordError = validateEncryptionPassword(encryptionPassword);
-        if (encryptionPasswordError) throw encryptionPasswordError;
+    if (encryptionPassword) { // intentionally do not validate password!
         encryption = hush.generateEncryptionKeysSync(encryptionPassword);
         encryption.encryptedFilenames = !!encryptedFilenames;
         encryption.encryptionPasswordHint = '';