Password length validation never passes with has_secure_password

Question

I'm trying to add a length validation to `password`, but it always errors out with 'Password is too short'. ``` a = Artist.new(artist_name: 'Dylan', email: 'dylan@example.com', password: 'notshort') p a.errors.full_messages # ["Password is too short (minimum is 6 characters)"] a = Artist.new(artist_name: 'Dylan', email: 'dylan@example.com', password: 'short') p a.errors.full_messages # ["Password is too short (minimum is 6 characters)"] ``` In the model I have ``` has_secure_password validates_length_of :password, minimum: 6 ``` If I change the validation to ``` validates_length_of :password, minimum: 6, allow_blank: true ``` The `notshort` password passes, but so does `short`.

Accepted Answer

I'm using Bcrypt, too. This seems to work for me:

```
has_secure_password
validates :password, length: { minimum: 6, maximum: 20 }, on: :create
```

Password length validation never passes with has_secure_password

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