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[SOLVED] What is the maximum username length for a Lemmy account? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Solution

The Lemmy server appears to have a database limit of 255 characters ^[2]^; however, individual instances appear to put their own limits on username length though the frontend ^[3]^ and/or the API ^[4.1][4.2]^.

Original Post

If you know, please also provide relevant documentation.

UPDATE (2025-02-02T06:06Z): I did some brute-force testing, and, at least for sh.itjust.works, it seems that the maximum username length is 50, and the maximum password length is 60 ^[1]^.

References

  1. "Sign Up". sh.itjust.works. Lemmy. Accessed: 2025-02-02T08:49Z. https://sh.itjust.works/signup.
    • When creating an account on sh.itjust.works, the sign-up form will throw this error if the provided password is greater than 60 characters in length.
  2. @[email protected] To: ["[SOLVED] What is the maximum username length for a Lemmy account?". "Kalcifer" @[email protected]. "Lemmy Support" [email protected]. sh.itjust.works. Lemmy. Published: 2025-02-03T00:54:51Z. https://sh.itjust.works/post/32085936.]. Published: 2025-02-02T05:57:26Z. Accessed: 2025-02-03T00:44Z. https://sh.itjust.works/post/32085936/16442382.

    It might be 255 characters? […]

    • They pointed to code on GitHub for the Lemmy server which outlines the length of the username data in the SQL database.
  3. "[SOLVED] What is the maximum username length for a Lemmy account?". "Kalcifer" @[email protected]. "Lemmy Support" [email protected]. sh.itjust.works. Lemmy. Published: 2025-02-03T00:54:51Z. Accessed: 2025-02-03T00:46Z. https://sh.itjust.works/post/32085936.
    • §"Original Post". ¶2.

      […] I did some brute-force testing, and, at least for sh.itjust.works, it seems that the maximum username length is 50 […]

      • The maximum username length for sh.itjust.works was found to be 50 characters by brute-force testing the length limit.
  4. "Andrew" @andrew_[email protected] To ["[SOLVED] What is the maximum username length for a Lemmy account?". "Kalcifer" @[email protected]. "Lemmy Support" [email protected]. sh.itjust.works. Lemmy. Published: 2025-02-03T00:54:51Z. https://sh.itjust.works/post/32085936.] Published: 2025-02-02T19:57:49Z. Accessed: 2025-02-03T00:59Z. https://sh.itjust.works/post/32085936/16453656.

    1. curl -L http://lemmy.world/api/v3/site | jq -r .site_view.local_site.actor_name_max_length (26)

      • The maximum username length for Lemmy.world was found to be 26 characters via an API request.

    2. curl -L http://sh.itjust.works/api/v3/site | jq -r .site_view.local_site.actor_name_max_length (50)

      • The maximum username length for sh.itjust.works was found to be 50 characters via an API request.
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

[…] The lemmy-ui will truncate passwords beyond 60. So even if you have a 64 char password it will drop the last 4 and do the hashing on that.

At least on sh.itjust.works, it doesn't just silently truncate the password; it throws an error ^[1]^:

References

  1. "Sign Up". sh.itjust.works. Lemmy. Accessed: 2025-02-02T08:49Z. https://sh.itjust.works/signup.
    • When creating an account on sh.itjust.works, the sign-up form will throw this error if the provided password is greater than 60 characters in length.
[–] slazer2au 3 points 1 week ago

Oh, that's good. My experience is from when joining .world during the API exodus.