Chore: include password validation on user edit (#11308)

src/documents/tests/test_api_permissions.py

@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ class TestApiUser(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
 
         user1 = {
             "username": "testuser",
-            "password": "test",
+            "password": "areallysupersecretpassword235",
             "first_name": "Test",
             "last_name": "User",
         }
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ class TestApiUser(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
             f"{self.ENDPOINT}{user1.pk}/",
             data={
                 "first_name": "Updated Name 2",
-                "password": "123xyz",
+                "password": "newreallystrongpassword456",
             },
         )
 

src/documents/tests/test_api_profile.py

@@ -192,6 +192,65 @@ class TestApiProfile(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
         self.assertEqual(user.first_name, user_data["first_name"])
         self.assertEqual(user.last_name, user_data["last_name"])
 
+    def test_update_profile_invalid_password_returns_field_error(self):
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - Configured user
+        WHEN:
+            - API call is made to update profile with weak password
+        THEN:
+            - Profile update fails with password field error
+        """
+
+        user_data = {
+            "email": "new@email.com",
+            "password": "short",  # shorter than default validator threshold
+            "first_name": "new first name",
+            "last_name": "new last name",
+        }
+
+        response = self.client.patch(self.ENDPOINT, user_data)
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+        self.assertIn("password", response.data)
+        self.assertIsInstance(response.data["password"], list)
+        self.assertTrue(
+            any(
+                "too short" in message.lower() for message in response.data["password"]
+            ),
+        )
+
+    def test_update_profile_placeholder_password_skips_validation(self):
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - Configured user with existing password
+        WHEN:
+            - API call is made with the obfuscated placeholder password value
+        THEN:
+            - Profile is updated without changing the password or running validators
+        """
+
+        original_password = "orig-pass-12345"
+        self.user.set_password(original_password)
+        self.user.save()
+
+        user_data = {
+            "email": "new@email.com",
+            "password": "*" * 12,  # matches obfuscated value from serializer
+            "first_name": "new first name",
+            "last_name": "new last name",
+        }
+
+        response = self.client.patch(self.ENDPOINT, user_data)
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+
+        user = User.objects.get(username=self.user.username)
+        self.assertTrue(user.check_password(original_password))
+        self.assertEqual(user.email, user_data["email"])
+        self.assertEqual(user.first_name, user_data["first_name"])
+        self.assertEqual(user.last_name, user_data["last_name"])
+
     def test_update_auth_token(self):
         """
         GIVEN: