1. Overview

Pearpass currently supports Recovery Phrase records with a fixed word count of 12 or 24 words (BIP-39 standard). However, various services and platforms use recovery phrases, mnemonic codes, and backup codes with different word counts. This feature request proposes extending the Recovery Phrase record type to support a configurable, user-defined word count.

2. Problem Statement

Users who store recovery credentials for services outside the BIP-39 ecosystem (cryptocurrency wallets) are forced to use workaround solutions such as free-text notes, which lack the structured UX, copy-per-word functionality, and validation benefits of the dedicated Recovery Phrase record type.

Known services with non-standard word counts:

Exapmle:

Steam Guard - 1A1AA11

Github - aa09f-8cc75

Dropbox - aa1aaaa2

3. Proposed Solution

Allow the user to configure the word count (or code count) of a Recovery Phrase record freely, instead of being limited to 12 or 24.

3.1 Word Count Configuration

• Replace the current fixed selector (12 / 24) with a flexible numeric input or extended selector.

• Supported range: 1 to 64 words/codes (sufficient for all known real-world cases, extensible later).

• The input count determines the number of word fields rendered in the record editor.

• Default value remains 12 or 24.
  

3.2 Validation

• BIP-39 dictionary validation applies only when the count is 12 or 24.

• For all other counts, fields accept arbitrary alphanumeric strings (no dictionary restriction).

• Empty fields generate a warning, not an error — some services allow partial recovery sets.