Address PR feedback: optimize token deletion and clarify password comparison

This commit addresses code review feedback from Copilot AI:

**1. Clarify password comparison timing attack concern**
- Added detailed comment explaining why equals() is safe for comparing
  two user-provided strings (newPassword vs confirmPassword)
- Timing attacks only matter when comparing against stored secrets
- Spring's PasswordEncoder already uses constant-time comparison for
  actual credential verification

**2. Optimize password reset token deletion**
- Added @Modifying query method deleteByToken() to PasswordResetTokenRepository
- Uses direct DELETE query instead of SELECT + DELETE
- Reduces database roundtrips from 2 to 1
- Updated UserService.deletePasswordResetToken() to use optimized method
- Maintains logging while improving performance

All tests pass (372 tests).

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>

Author: devondragon

src/main/java/com/digitalsanctuary/spring/user/api/UserAPI.java

@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ public ResponseEntity<JSONResponse> savePassword(@Valid @RequestBody SavePasswor
 
 		try {
 			// Validate passwords match
+			// Note: Using equals() is safe here - we're comparing two user-provided strings
+			// from the same request (not comparing against a stored secret), so timing attacks
+			// are not a concern. Constant-time comparison is only needed when comparing
+			// against stored credentials, which is handled by Spring's PasswordEncoder.
 			if (!savePasswordDto.getNewPassword().equals(savePasswordDto.getConfirmPassword())) {
 				return buildErrorResponse(messages.getMessage("message.password.mismatch", null, locale), 1,
 						HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST);

src/main/java/com/digitalsanctuary/spring/user/persistence/repository/PasswordResetTokenRepository.java

@@ -52,4 +52,15 @@ public interface PasswordResetTokenRepository extends JpaRepository<PasswordRese
 	@Modifying
 	@Query("delete from PasswordResetToken t where t.expiryDate <= ?1")
 	void deleteAllExpiredSince(Date now);
+
+	/**
+	 * Delete by token using a direct DELETE query without fetching the entity first.
+	 * More efficient than fetching and then deleting as it executes a single DELETE statement.
+	 *
+	 * @param token the token string to delete
+	 * @return the number of tokens deleted (0 or 1)
+	 */
+	@Modifying
+	@Query("DELETE FROM PasswordResetToken t WHERE t.token = :token")
+	int deleteByToken(@org.springframework.data.repository.query.Param("token") String token);
 }

src/main/java/com/digitalsanctuary/spring/user/service/UserService.java

@@ -411,17 +411,17 @@ public Optional<User> getUserByPasswordResetToken(final String token) {
 
 	/**
 	 * Deletes a password reset token after it has been used.
+	 * Uses a direct DELETE query for efficiency (no SELECT required).
 	 *
 	 * @param token the token string to delete
 	 */
 	public void deletePasswordResetToken(final String token) {
 		if (token == null) {
 			return;
 		}
-		PasswordResetToken resetToken = passwordTokenRepository.findByToken(token);
-		if (resetToken != null) {
-			passwordTokenRepository.delete(resetToken);
-			log.debug("Deleted password reset token for user: {}", resetToken.getUser().getEmail());
+		int deletedCount = passwordTokenRepository.deleteByToken(token);
+		if (deletedCount > 0) {
+			log.debug("Deleted password reset token: {}", token);
 		}
 	}