From 51c317290be159e3d42395d1f888800fdde7fb0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Minecon724 <minecon724@noreply.git.m724.eu>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2025 13:25:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Shorter captcha

---
 services/context/captcha.go | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/services/context/captcha.go b/services/context/captcha.go
index da837acb00..58c9205d54 100644
--- a/services/context/captcha.go
+++ b/services/context/captcha.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package context
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"math/rand"
 	"sync"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/base"
@@ -55,7 +56,9 @@ func GetImageCaptcha() string {
 	imageCaptchaOnce.Do(func() {
 		captcha.SetCustomStore(&imageCaptchaStore{c: cache.GetCache()})
 	})
-	return captcha.New()
+
+	length := 4 + rand.Intn(2) // 4 or 5 chars
+	return captcha.NewLen(length)
 }
 
 // SetCaptchaData sets common captcha data