diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c31de8ad72d..983487e92ae 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -743,4 +743,4 @@ task jacocoReport(type: JacocoReport) {
             fileTree(dir: it, exclude: ["**/*.jar"])
         })
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/random.txt b/random.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7fec8e25e5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/random.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello siri
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/web/app/pages-help/session-links-recovery/session-links-recovery-page.component.ts b/src/web/app/pages-help/session-links-recovery/session-links-recovery-page.component.ts
index 4feb3ec3cce..a5945e6e0d8 100644
--- a/src/web/app/pages-help/session-links-recovery/session-links-recovery-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/web/app/pages-help/session-links-recovery/session-links-recovery-page.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
-import { UntypedFormBuilder, UntypedFormGroup, Validators } from '@angular/forms';
+import { AbstractControl, UntypedFormBuilder, UntypedFormGroup, Validators } from '@angular/forms';
 import { ReCaptcha2Component } from 'ngx-captcha';
 import { finalize } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { environment } from '../../../environments/environment';
@@ -41,9 +41,21 @@ export class SessionLinksRecoveryPageComponent implements OnInit {
     });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Custom validator to disallow whitespace-only values.
+   */
+  noWhitespaceValidator(control: AbstractControl): { [key: string]: boolean } | null {
+    if (control.value && control.value.trim().length === 0) {
+      return { 'whitespace': true };
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Sends the feedback session links to the recovery email address.
    */
+
+  
   onSubmitFormSessionLinksRecovery(sessionLinksRecoveryForm: UntypedFormGroup): void {
     if (!this.captchaSiteKey) {
       this.captchaResponse = '';