One has to enter SASL password twice

[marmistrz]

I wanted to set up SASL authentication on freenode on my Android device. I typed the password $passwd into the password field. Then SASL authentication fails

Then I removed the password from here, clicked the authentication button, entered the SASL credentials. Authentication fails.

Typed the password back on the main page - authentication succeeds.

Why do I have to type the password twice? It reminds me of the WiFi authentication in WinXP.