diff --git a/.changeset/27857-create-user-email-refusal.md b/.changeset/27857-create-user-email-refusal.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3d5c8756d13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/27857-create-user-email-refusal.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+'@objectstack/plugin-auth': patch
+'@object-ui/app-shell': patch
+'@object-ui/auth': patch
+'@object-ui/i18n': patch
+---
+
+fix(plugin-auth): Create User with no email names Email, and a wrong password on the password-change screen reads in the user's language
+
+Clause-②: no
+Metadata-protocol: none
+
+- **The refusal.** Create User with neither an email nor a phone number used to answer "Either email or phoneNumber is required", naming a request key the dialog does not show. It now answers "Email is required", or "Email or phone number is required" where phone sign-in is on. The status (400) and code (`INVALID_REQUEST`) are unchanged.
+- **The password-change screen.** A wrong current or temporary password is refused with the code `INVALID_PASSWORD` and the English message "Invalid password", but `createAuthClient`'s `changePassword` threw a bare `Error` that dropped the code, and the screen showed the message as it came. `changePassword` now keeps the code on the thrown error, and the screen shows a translated sentence for that code in every console language pack. Any other refusal still shows the server's message.
diff --git a/packages/plugins/plugin-auth/src/admin-user-endpoints.test.ts b/packages/plugins/plugin-auth/src/admin-user-endpoints.test.ts
index ce652ebe0a6..6e67eeb4a9b 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/plugin-auth/src/admin-user-endpoints.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/plugin-auth/src/admin-user-endpoints.test.ts
@@ -267,6 +267,21 @@ describe('runAdminCreateUser', () => {
     expectNoPasswordLeak(m, (res.body.data as any).temporaryPassword);
   });
 
+  // #27857: the refusal names what the dialog shows. `phoneNumber` is a body
+  // key, and the dialog has a Phone Number field only where phone sign-in is
+  // on. The code and status are the endpoint's contract and do not move.
+  for (const phone of [false, true]) {
+    const expected = phone ? 'Email or phone number is required' : 'Email is required';
+    it(`phone sign-in ${phone ? 'on' : 'off'}: neither email nor phone answers 400 INVALID_REQUEST "${expected}"`, async () => {
+      const m = makeDeps({ phoneNumberEnabled: () => phone });
+      const res = await runAdminCreateUser(m.deps, makeRequest({ name: 'x', generatePassword: true }), ACTOR);
+      expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+      expect(res.body.error?.code).toBe('INVALID_REQUEST');
+      expect(res.body.error?.message).toBe(expected);
+      expect(m.createUser).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  }
+
   // ── #2766 V1.5: phone-only users ────────────────────────────────────────
 
   it('rejects phone-only creation when the phoneNumber plugin is off', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/plugins/plugin-auth/src/admin-user-endpoints.ts b/packages/plugins/plugin-auth/src/admin-user-endpoints.ts
index 2d4c87e9643..c5a27a7c252 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/plugin-auth/src/admin-user-endpoints.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/plugin-auth/src/admin-user-endpoints.ts
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ export function generateTemporaryPassword(length = 16): string {
 /**
  * [#24032] The body, or the refusal message for a declared-JSON body that does
  * not parse: it was read as `{}`, which answered "userId is required" (or
- * "Either email or phoneNumber is required") for a body that carried the field
+ * "Email is required") for a body that carried the field
  * (see request-json-body.ts). A well-formed body that is not an object still
  * reads as no fields, as before.
  */
@@ -694,7 +694,11 @@ export async function runAdminCreateUser(
     }
   }
   if (!hasEmail && !phoneNumber) {
-    return badRequest('Either email or phoneNumber is required');
+    // Named in the dialog's words, not the body's keys: an administrator sees
+    // an Email field, and a Phone Number field only where phone sign-in is on.
+    return badRequest(
+      deps.phoneNumberEnabled?.() ? 'Email or phone number is required' : 'Email is required',
+    );
   }
   const email = hasEmail ? (rawEmail as string).trim() : generatePlaceholderEmail();
   const name =
diff --git a/packages/plugins/plugin-auth/src/request-json-body-refusal.test.ts b/packages/plugins/plugin-auth/src/request-json-body-refusal.test.ts
index 1ad0a50e5f6..359a7c65980 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/plugin-auth/src/request-json-body-refusal.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/plugin-auth/src/request-json-body-refusal.test.ts
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ const SECOND_SPELLING: Array<{ reader: string; routes: SecondSpellingRoute[] }>
   {
     reader: 'G. admin-user-endpoints.ts parseJson',
     routes: [
-      { path: '/admin/create-user', truncated: '{"email": "pin-new@example.test", "name": "Pin New"', echo: 'pin-new@example.test', empty: 'Either email or phoneNumber is required' },
+      { path: '/admin/create-user', truncated: '{"email": "pin-new@example.test", "name": "Pin New"', echo: 'pin-new@example.test', empty: 'Email is required' },
       { path: '/admin/set-user-password', truncated: '{"userId": "usr_pin_target", "newPassword": "Pin-Passw0rd!"', echo: 'usr_pin_target', empty: 'userId is required' },
     ],
   },
diff --git a/ui/packages/app-shell/src/console/RemediationOverlay.tsx b/ui/packages/app-shell/src/console/RemediationOverlay.tsx
index 06c55e63820..7e02d0c92e7 100644
--- a/ui/packages/app-shell/src/console/RemediationOverlay.tsx
+++ b/ui/packages/app-shell/src/console/RemediationOverlay.tsx
@@ -165,7 +165,16 @@ function ChangePasswordForm({ forcedReset, message }: { forcedReset: boolean; me
       setRemediationRequired(null);
       window.location.reload();
     } catch (err) {
-      setError(err instanceof Error ? err.message : t('auth.remediation.password.failed'));
+      // A wrong current (or temporary) password is refused with the code
+      // `INVALID_PASSWORD` and the English sentence "Invalid password", so the
+      // code is what is translated; any other refusal still shows the server's
+      // own message.
+      const code = (err as { code?: unknown } | null)?.code;
+      setError(
+        code === 'INVALID_PASSWORD'
+          ? t('auth.remediation.password.wrongPassword')
+          : err instanceof Error ? err.message : t('auth.remediation.password.failed'),
+      );
       setBusy(false);
     }
   };
diff --git a/ui/packages/app-shell/src/console/__tests__/RemediationOverlay.wrongPassword-27869.test.tsx b/ui/packages/app-shell/src/console/__tests__/RemediationOverlay.wrongPassword-27869.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fae5c416318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/packages/app-shell/src/console/__tests__/RemediationOverlay.wrongPassword-27869.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/**
+ * The password-change screen translates a wrong current or temporary password
+ * (objectstack#27869).
+ *
+ * The server refuses it with the code `INVALID_PASSWORD` and the English
+ * message "Invalid password", and the screen used to show that message as it
+ * came, so a French user read English. The code is now mapped to a translated
+ * sentence; any other refusal keeps the server's message.
+ */
+
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { I18nProvider } from '@object-ui/i18n';
+
+type Gate = { code: string; message: string };
+let gate: Gate | null = null;
+let refusal: Error & { code?: string } = new Error('Invalid password');
+const changePassword = vi.fn(async () => { throw refusal; });
+
+vi.mock('@object-ui/auth', async (importOriginal) => ({
+  ...(await importOriginal<typeof import('@object-ui/auth')>()),
+  useAuth: () => ({
+    remediationRequired: gate,
+    setRemediationRequired: vi.fn(),
+    changePassword,
+    enrollTotp: vi.fn(),
+    verifyTotp: vi.fn(),
+    signOut: vi.fn(),
+  }),
+}));
+
+import { RemediationOverlay } from '../RemediationOverlay';
+
+function renderWith(next: Gate, language: string) {
+  gate = next;
+  return render(
+    <I18nProvider config={{ defaultLanguage: language, detectBrowserLanguage: false }}>
+      <RemediationOverlay />
+    </I18nProvider>,
+  );
+}
+
+function submit(labels: { current: string; next: string; confirm: string }) {
+  fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(labels.current), { target: { value: 'Wr0ng!Temporary' } });
+  fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(labels.next), { target: { value: 'Ch0sen!ByThe-User' } });
+  fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText(labels.confirm), { target: { value: 'Ch0sen!ByThe-User' } });
+  fireEvent.submit(screen.getByLabelText(labels.next).closest('form') as HTMLFormElement);
+}
+
+const coded = (code: string, message: string) => Object.assign(new Error(message), { code });
+
+const EN = { current: 'Temporary password', next: 'New password', confirm: 'Confirm new password' };
+const FR = {
+  current: 'Mot de passe temporaire',
+  next: 'Nouveau mot de passe',
+  confirm: 'Confirmer le nouveau mot de passe',
+};
+const FORCED: Gate = { code: 'PASSWORD_RESET_REQUIRED', message: 'You must change your password before continuing.' };
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  changePassword.mockClear();
+});
+afterEach(cleanup);
+
+describe('RemediationOverlay — a wrong password reads in the user’s language (#27869)', () => {
+  it('fr: INVALID_PASSWORD shows the French sentence, not the server’s English', async () => {
+    refusal = coded('INVALID_PASSWORD', 'Invalid password');
+    renderWith(FORCED, 'fr');
+    submit(FR);
+    expect(await screen.findByText('Le mot de passe saisi est incorrect. Vérifiez-le et réessayez.')).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Invalid password')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('en: INVALID_PASSWORD shows the English sentence', async () => {
+    refusal = coded('INVALID_PASSWORD', 'Invalid password');
+    renderWith(FORCED, 'en');
+    submit(EN);
+    expect(await screen.findByText('The password you entered is incorrect. Check it and try again.')).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it('CONTROL: another code keeps the server’s message', async () => {
+    refusal = coded('PASSWORD_REUSE', 'Choose a password you have not used recently.');
+    renderWith(FORCED, 'en');
+    submit(EN);
+    expect(await screen.findByText('Choose a password you have not used recently.')).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui/packages/auth/src/__tests__/changePassword-code-27869.test.ts b/ui/packages/auth/src/__tests__/changePassword-code-27869.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..214506dbfdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/packages/auth/src/__tests__/changePassword-code-27869.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/**
+ * objectstack#27869 — a wrong current password keeps its machine `code`
+ * through `changePassword`.
+ *
+ * The console's ChangePasswordForm maps `INVALID_PASSWORD` to a translated
+ * sentence, and its test mocks `useAuth` with a coded error, so it is blind to
+ * this boundary. `changePassword` used to throw `new Error(error.message)`,
+ * which dropped the code: the mapping never fired and a French user still read
+ * better-auth's English "Invalid password". This drives the real better-auth
+ * client through a mocked `fetch`, as `org-error-code-4474.test.ts` does, and
+ * asserts on `.code`, because `.message` was already right before the fix.
+ */
+
+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { createAuthClient } from '../createAuthClient';
+
+function rejectingFetch(pathFragment: string, status: number, body: unknown) {
+  return vi.fn(async (input: string | URL | Request) => {
+    const url =
+      typeof input === 'string' ? input : input instanceof URL ? input.toString() : input.url;
+    if (url.includes(pathFragment)) {
+      return new Response(JSON.stringify(body), {
+        status,
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+      });
+    }
+    return new Response(JSON.stringify({}), {
+      status: 200,
+      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+describe('#27869 — changePassword rejections carry the machine code', () => {
+  it('a wrong current password rejects with code INVALID_PASSWORD', async () => {
+    // better-auth's /change-password refuses a wrong current password with
+    // APIError.from('BAD_REQUEST', BASE_ERROR_CODES.INVALID_PASSWORD).
+    const fetchFn = rejectingFetch('/change-password', 400, {
+      message: 'Invalid password',
+      code: 'INVALID_PASSWORD',
+    });
+    const client = createAuthClient({
+      baseURL: 'http://localhost/api/auth',
+      fetchFn: fetchFn as unknown as typeof fetch,
+    });
+
+    const rejection = await client.changePassword('wrong-temp', 'N3w-password!').then(
+      () => {
+        throw new Error('expected the call to reject, but it resolved');
+      },
+      (err: unknown) => err as Error & { code?: string },
+    );
+
+    expect(rejection.code).toBe('INVALID_PASSWORD');
+    // The message is unchanged: this keeps the code, it rewords nothing.
+    expect(rejection.message).toBe('Invalid password');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui/packages/auth/src/createAuthClient.ts b/ui/packages/auth/src/createAuthClient.ts
index ac788c1dca9..d8a850b983f 100644
--- a/ui/packages/auth/src/createAuthClient.ts
+++ b/ui/packages/auth/src/createAuthClient.ts
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ export function createAuthClient(config: AuthClientConfig): AuthClient {
       // `changePassword`. The runtime method exists but its TS type is
       // sometimes missing depending on plugin order; cast through unknown.
       type ChangePwFn = (opts: { currentPassword: string; newPassword: string; revokeOtherSessions?: boolean }) =>
-        Promise<{ error: { message?: string; status: number } | null }>;
+        Promise<{ error: BetterAuthErrorLike | null }>;
       const fn = (betterAuth as unknown as { changePassword: ChangePwFn }).changePassword;
       if (typeof fn !== 'function') {
         throw new Error('change-password is not available on this auth backend');
@@ -749,9 +749,9 @@ export function createAuthClient(config: AuthClientConfig): AuthClient {
         newPassword,
         ...(options?.revokeOtherSessions != null ? { revokeOtherSessions: options.revokeOtherSessions } : {}),
       });
-      if (error) {
-        throw new Error(error.message ?? `Auth request failed with status ${error.status}`);
-      }
+      // toAuthError keeps better-auth's `code` (a wrong current password is
+      // INVALID_PASSWORD) so the console can localise it (#27869).
+      if (error) throw toAuthError(error);
     },
 
     // ADR-0069 — enforced-MFA enrollment. Returns the otpauth:// URI (for a QR)
diff --git a/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/ar.ts b/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/ar.ts
index 2122b9dff6c..6857014429e 100644
--- a/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/ar.ts
+++ b/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/ar.ts
@@ -3064,6 +3064,7 @@ const ar = {
         submitting: "جارٍ التحديث…",
         mismatch: "كلمتا المرور الجديدتان غير متطابقتين.",
         sameAsTemporary: "اختر كلمة مرور جديدة تختلف عن كلمة المرور المؤقتة.",
+        wrongPassword: "كلمة المرور التي أدخلتها غير صحيحة. تحقق منها وحاول مرة أخرى.",
         failed: "تعذّر تغيير كلمة المرور.",
       },
       mfa: {
diff --git a/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/de.ts b/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/de.ts
index 8a9803d2ff4..593cb6128d9 100644
--- a/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/de.ts
+++ b/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/de.ts
@@ -2826,6 +2826,7 @@ const de = {
         submitting: "Wird aktualisiert…",
         mismatch: "Die neuen Passwörter stimmen nicht überein.",
         sameAsTemporary: "Wählen Sie ein neues Passwort, das sich von Ihrem temporären Passwort unterscheidet.",
+        wrongPassword: "Das eingegebene Passwort ist falsch. Prüfen Sie es und versuchen Sie es erneut.",
         failed: "Passwort konnte nicht geändert werden.",
       },
       mfa: {
diff --git a/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/en.ts b/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/en.ts
index fc159b3d4fa..25ac6c4e552 100644
--- a/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/en.ts
+++ b/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/en.ts
@@ -3383,6 +3383,7 @@ const en = {
         submitting: 'Updating…',
         mismatch: 'New passwords do not match.',
         sameAsTemporary: 'Choose a new password that is different from your temporary password.',
+        wrongPassword: 'The password you entered is incorrect. Check it and try again.',
         failed: 'Could not change password.',
       },
       mfa: {
diff --git a/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/es.ts b/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/es.ts
index f68aff15eb1..80b616763ff 100644
--- a/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/es.ts
+++ b/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/es.ts
@@ -2887,6 +2887,7 @@ const es = {
         submitting: "Actualizando…",
         mismatch: "Las nuevas contraseñas no coinciden.",
         sameAsTemporary: "Elija una nueva contraseña distinta de su contraseña temporal.",
+        wrongPassword: "La contraseña que ha introducido es incorrecta. Revísela e inténtelo de nuevo.",
         failed: "No se pudo cambiar la contraseña.",
       },
       mfa: {
diff --git a/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/fr.ts b/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/fr.ts
index 274c0725279..39903e00166 100644
--- a/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/fr.ts
+++ b/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/fr.ts
@@ -2883,6 +2883,7 @@ const fr = {
         submitting: "Mise à jour…",
         mismatch: "Les nouveaux mots de passe ne correspondent pas.",
         sameAsTemporary: "Choisissez un nouveau mot de passe différent de votre mot de passe temporaire.",
+        wrongPassword: "Le mot de passe saisi est incorrect. Vérifiez-le et réessayez.",
         failed: "Impossible de changer le mot de passe.",
       },
       mfa: {
diff --git a/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/ja.ts b/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/ja.ts
index 3e0c055e100..da814fd1390 100644
--- a/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/ja.ts
+++ b/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/ja.ts
@@ -2828,6 +2828,7 @@ const ja = {
         submitting: "更新しています…",
         mismatch: "新しいパスワードが一致しません。",
         sameAsTemporary: "仮パスワードとは異なる新しいパスワードを設定してください。",
+        wrongPassword: "入力したパスワードが正しくありません。確認してもう一度お試しください。",
         failed: "パスワードを変更できませんでした。",
       },
       mfa: {
diff --git a/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/ko.ts b/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/ko.ts
index a9de46c5142..140fe31406c 100644
--- a/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/ko.ts
+++ b/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/ko.ts
@@ -2826,6 +2826,7 @@ const ko = {
         submitting: "업데이트 중…",
         mismatch: "새 비밀번호가 일치하지 않습니다.",
         sameAsTemporary: "임시 비밀번호와 다른 새 비밀번호를 설정하세요.",
+        wrongPassword: "입력한 비밀번호가 올바르지 않습니다. 확인 후 다시 시도하세요.",
         failed: "비밀번호를 변경할 수 없습니다.",
       },
       mfa: {
diff --git a/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/pt.ts b/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/pt.ts
index 1ba5dab8ea3..8242341210c 100644
--- a/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/pt.ts
+++ b/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/pt.ts
@@ -2882,6 +2882,7 @@ const pt = {
         submitting: "Atualizando…",
         mismatch: "As novas senhas não coincidem.",
         sameAsTemporary: "Escolha uma nova senha diferente da sua senha temporária.",
+        wrongPassword: "A senha que você digitou está incorreta. Verifique-a e tente novamente.",
         failed: "Não foi possível alterar a senha.",
       },
       mfa: {
diff --git a/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/ru.ts b/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/ru.ts
index b6928304408..3371504bc18 100644
--- a/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/ru.ts
+++ b/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/ru.ts
@@ -2953,6 +2953,7 @@ const ru = {
         submitting: "Обновление…",
         mismatch: "Новые пароли не совпадают.",
         sameAsTemporary: "Выберите новый пароль, отличный от временного.",
+        wrongPassword: "Введён неверный пароль. Проверьте его и попробуйте снова.",
         failed: "Не удалось изменить пароль.",
       },
       mfa: {
diff --git a/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/zh.ts b/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/zh.ts
index 9ef5be1a8b8..8fdfa8eeafe 100644
--- a/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/zh.ts
+++ b/ui/packages/i18n/src/locales/zh.ts
@@ -2903,6 +2903,7 @@ const zh = {
         submitting: '正在更新…',
         mismatch: '两次输入的新密码不一致。',
         sameAsTemporary: '请设置一个与临时密码不同的新密码。',
+        wrongPassword: '你输入的密码不正确，请检查后重试。',
         failed: '无法修改密码。',
       },
       mfa: {