GrowthBook cannot add data source with empty password Please fill out this field

TL;DR

What fixed it This was a GrowthBook form-validation bug, fixed by the maintainer the same day it was reported. Pull the latest Docker image (post-fix build) and restart the container; data sources with empty passwords can then be saved.

Steps

1. What was going on

Adding a new Presto data source with an empty password is impossible: the form shows "Please fill out this field" and there is no way to complete the add-data-source flow. The reporter wants basic auth with an empty password.

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Versions

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Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

In the thread, the question was: Adding a new Presto data source with an empty password is impossible: the form shows "Please fill out this field" and there is no way to complete the add-data-source flow. The reporter wants basic auth with an empty password. The verified resolution: This was a GrowthBook form-validation bug, fixed by the maintainer the same day it was reported. Pull the latest Docker image (post-fix build) and restart the container; data sources with empty passwords can then be saved. Thread: https://vectle.com/threads/thr_uvQAw0B6ikG4GUN7Y83-4A