diff --git a/extension/src/popup/components/types/__tests__/login.test.ts b/extension/src/popup/components/types/__tests__/login.test.ts
index 7077847..4dc46a6 100644
--- a/extension/src/popup/components/types/__tests__/login.test.ts
+++ b/extension/src/popup/components/types/__tests__/login.test.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ vi.mock('../../../../setup/setup-helpers', () => ({
   entropyText: vi.fn(() => ''),
 }));
 
-import { renderForm } from '../login';
+import { renderForm, applyGeneratedPassword } from '../login';
 import { sendMessage } from '../../../../shared/state';
 
 describe('login form smart inputs', () => {
@@ -154,3 +154,37 @@ describe('Login save shape', () => {
     expect(addCall).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
+
+describe('regenerate handler dispatches input event', () => {
+  it('dispatches an InputEvent on the input after value is set', () => {
+    const input = document.createElement('input');
+    input.type = 'password';
+    document.body.appendChild(input);
+
+    const dispatchSpy = vi.spyOn(input, 'dispatchEvent');
+
+    applyGeneratedPassword(input, 'sCMtTJkF%GN^mF#-N6D%');
+
+    expect(input.value).toBe('sCMtTJkF%GN^mF#-N6D%');
+    expect(input.type).toBe('text');
+    expect(dispatchSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    const evt = dispatchSpy.mock.calls.find(c => c[0] instanceof InputEvent)?.[0] as InputEvent;
+    expect(evt).toBeDefined();
+    expect(evt.type).toBe('input');
+    expect(evt.bubbles).toBe(true);
+
+    document.body.removeChild(input);
+  });
+
+  it('bubbling listener fires when applyGeneratedPassword is called', () => {
+    const input = document.createElement('input');
+    document.body.appendChild(input);
+
+    let listenerFired = false;
+    input.addEventListener('input', () => { listenerFired = true; });
+    applyGeneratedPassword(input, 'newpass');
+    expect(listenerFired).toBe(true);
+
+    document.body.removeChild(input);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/extension/src/popup/components/types/login.ts b/extension/src/popup/components/types/login.ts
index f21bef7..d051e57 100644
--- a/extension/src/popup/components/types/login.ts
+++ b/extension/src/popup/components/types/login.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ import { wireTotpPreview, wireTotpQr } from '../../../shared/form-affordances/to
 import { wireNotesMonoToggle } from '../../../shared/form-affordances/notes-tools';
 import { scheduleRate } from '../../../setup/setup-helpers';
 
+/// Sets a generated password on an input, reveals it as plain text, then
+/// dispatches a synthetic InputEvent so listeners (e.g. the strength meter)
+/// re-evaluate the new value.
+export function applyGeneratedPassword(input: HTMLInputElement, value: string): void {
+  input.value = value;
+  input.type = 'text';
+  input.dispatchEvent(new InputEvent('input', { bubbles: true }));
+}
+
 /// Called by the dispatcher before each render. Stops any in-flight
 /// tickers / intervals / listeners the previous view may have attached.
 export function teardown(): void {
@@ -433,7 +442,7 @@ export function renderForm(
       context: 'fill-field',
       onPicked: (value) => {
         const pw = document.getElementById('f-password') as HTMLInputElement | null;
-        if (pw) { pw.value = value; pw.type = 'text'; }
+        if (pw) applyGeneratedPassword(pw, value);
       },
     });
   });