email addresses with "+" get stuck in registration (or other forbidden characters)

[kolAflash]

When registering an email with a + in the address, the registration gets stuck when setting a password after verifying the email address.

This is because of the setting:
Administration settings -> Registration -> User settings -> Force email as login name

Related: server#21313 Allowed characters in username/userid

 

Steps to reproduce

1. open Nextcloud in browser
2. click Register
3. Enter an email you own with a + character. E.g. your.name+something@gmail.com (GMail forwards mails to arbitrary prefixes behind a + for existing addresses)
4. enter the verification code you got via mail
5. try to set a passwort

 

Expected behaviour

Users should be able to register, regardless which characters their email addresses contain.

 

I guess the best solution in line with the Force email as login name policy would be to somehow automatically derive a valid username.

E.g. for first.last+something@example.org the + could be replaced with a _.

Just add a strategy for possible collisions. In case a user first.last+something@example.org and a user first.last_something@example.org register. (first the + and second the _, and also the other way around)

 

Actual behaviour

Only the following characters are allowed in a username: "a-z", "A-Z", "0-9", spaces and "_.@-'"
There's no input field to set another username.
There's only the password input field and a disabled input field which shows the registered email address.

 

Server configuration

Web server: Apache (all Debian-12 default software)

Nextcloud version: 28 and 29 tested