Feature : Improve User Model Test Coverage and Reliability

[JayRathore10]

Description

This PR enhances the User Model test suite by adding missing edge-case and validation test coverage while preserving all existing functionality and tests.

Changes Made

Added Validation Tests

• Verify user creation fails when username is missing
• Verify user creation fails when email is missing
• Verify user creation fails when password is missing

Added Password Rehash Tests

• Verify password is rehashed when updated
• Verify old hash is replaced after password modification
• Verify updated password matches the new hash

Added comparePassword Edge Cases

• Verify empty password comparison returns false
• Verify incorrect password comparison returns false

Added Security Tests

• Verify users with the same plaintext password receive different bcrypt hashes due to salting
• Verify stored password is never equal to plaintext password

Test Reliability Improvements

• Added additional edge-case coverage without modifying existing working tests
• Maintained backward compatibility with the current test suite

Testing

• All existing tests pass
• All newly added tests pass
• No changes made to application logic

Related Issue

Closes #717

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