From b5752024e700db3dbc8b3090d08204233d82653b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mohammad Al-Ahdal <mo@mohammad.dev>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 18:29:09 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: name validation now takes into account additional
 special chars

---
 client/src/Validation/validation.js | 4 ++--
 server/validation/joi.js            | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/src/Validation/validation.js b/client/src/Validation/validation.js
index f1811a124..02d957063 100644
--- a/client/src/Validation/validation.js
+++ b/client/src/Validation/validation.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const nameSchema = joi
 	.string()
 	.max(50)
 	.trim()
-	.pattern(/^[\p{L}\p{M}''\- ]+$/u)
+	.pattern(/^[\p{L}\p{M}''()\-\. ]+$/u)
 	.messages({
 		"string.empty": "auth.common.inputs.firstName.errors.empty",
 		"string.max": "auth.common.inputs.firstName.errors.length",
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const lastnameSchema = joi
 	.string()
 	.max(50)
 	.trim()
-	.pattern(/^[\p{L}\p{M}''\- ]+$/u)
+	.pattern(/^[\p{L}\p{M}''()\-\. ]+$/u)
 	.messages({
 		"string.empty": "auth.common.inputs.lastName.errors.empty",
 		"string.max": "auth.common.inputs.lastName.errors.length",
diff --git a/server/validation/joi.js b/server/validation/joi.js
index 725fcf218..904f06b97 100755
--- a/server/validation/joi.js
+++ b/server/validation/joi.js
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ const nameValidation = joi
 	.string()
 	.trim()
 	.max(50)
-	.pattern(/^(?=.*[\p{L}\p{Sc}])[\p{L}\p{Sc}\s']+$/u)
+	.pattern(/^(?=.*[\p{L}\p{Sc}])[\p{L}\p{Sc}\s'\-().]+$/u)
 	.messages({
 		"string.empty": "Name is required",
 		"string.max": "Name must be less than 50 characters",
 		"string.pattern.base":
-			"Name must contain at least 1 letter or currency symbol and only allow letters, spaces, apostrophes, and currency symbols",
+			"Names must contain at least 1 letter and may only include the following characters: a-z, A-Z, and any of the following symbols: -'.()",
 	});
 
 const registrationBodyValidation = joi.object({

From c9359cc4e1323e3263066f7129c1c1cb96ea904e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mohammad Al-Ahdal <mo@mohammad.dev>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 18:40:51 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] implement server-validation wording feedback

---
 server/validation/joi.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server/validation/joi.js b/server/validation/joi.js
index 904f06b97..e684cefa2 100755
--- a/server/validation/joi.js
+++ b/server/validation/joi.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const nameValidation = joi
 		"string.empty": "Name is required",
 		"string.max": "Name must be less than 50 characters",
 		"string.pattern.base":
-			"Names must contain at least 1 letter and may only include the following characters: a-z, A-Z, and any of the following symbols: -'.()",
+			"Names must contain at least 1 letter and may only include letters, currency symbols, spaces, apostrophes, hyphens (-), periods (.), and parentheses ().",
 	});
 
 const registrationBodyValidation = joi.object({