diff --git a/dev/code-generation/gen_py_pytest_routes.py b/dev/code-generation/gen_py_pytest_routes.py
index e66c924be8b..323704527c1 100644
--- a/dev/code-generation/gen_py_pytest_routes.py
+++ b/dev/code-generation/gen_py_pytest_routes.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from jinja2 import Template
-from pydantic import BaseModel
-from utils import PROJECT_DIR, CodeTemplates, HTTPRequest, RouteObject
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict
+from utils import PROJECT_DIR, CodeTemplates, HTTPRequest, RouteObject, RequestType
 
 CWD = Path(__file__).parent
 
@@ -12,23 +12,25 @@
 
 
 class PathObject(BaseModel):
+    model_config = ConfigDict(arbitrary_types_allowed=True)
     route_object: RouteObject
     http_verbs: list[HTTPRequest]
 
-    class Config:
-        arbitrary_types_allowed = True
-
 
 def get_path_objects(app: FastAPI):
     paths = []
 
     for key, value in app.openapi().items():
         if key == "paths":
-            for key, value in value.items():
+            for key, value2 in value.items():
+                verbs = []
+                for k, v in value2.items():
+                    verbs.append(HTTPRequest(request_type=k, **v))
+
                 paths.append(
                     PathObject(
                         route_object=RouteObject(key),
-                        http_verbs=[HTTPRequest(request_type=k, **v) for k, v in value.items()],
+                        http_verbs=verbs,
                     )
                 )
 
diff --git a/dev/code-generation/gen_ts_locales.py b/dev/code-generation/gen_ts_locales.py
index 397d2b79a49..f26a3e16c8f 100644
--- a/dev/code-generation/gen_ts_locales.py
+++ b/dev/code-generation/gen_ts_locales.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import dotenv
 import requests
 from jinja2 import Template
-from pydantic import Extra
+from pydantic import ConfigDict
 from requests import Response
 from utils import CodeDest, CodeKeys, inject_inline, log
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class LocaleData:
     "zh-TW": LocaleData(name="繁體中文 (Chinese traditional)"),
 }
 
-LOCALE_TEMPLATE = """// This Code is auto generated by gen_global_components.py
+LOCALE_TEMPLATE = """// This Code is auto generated by gen_ts_locales.py
 export const LOCALES = [{% for locale in locales %}
   {
     name: "{{ locale.name }}",
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ class LocaleData:
 
 
 class TargetLanguage(MealieModel):
+    model_config = ConfigDict(populate_by_name=True, extra="allow")
+
     id: str
     name: str
     locale: str
@@ -78,10 +80,6 @@ class TargetLanguage(MealieModel):
     twoLettersCode: str
     progress: float = 0.0
 
-    class Config:
-        extra = Extra.allow
-        allow_population_by_field_name = True
-
 
 class CrowdinApi:
     project_name = "Mealie"
@@ -152,6 +150,7 @@ def get_progress(self) -> dict:
 datetime_dir = PROJECT_DIR / "frontend" / "lang" / "dateTimeFormats"
 locales_dir = PROJECT_DIR / "frontend" / "lang" / "messages"
 nuxt_config = PROJECT_DIR / "frontend" / "nuxt.config.js"
+reg_valid = PROJECT_DIR / "mealie" / "schema" / "_mealie" / "validators.py"
 
 """
 This snippet walks the message and dat locales directories and generates the import information
@@ -175,6 +174,19 @@ def inject_nuxt_values():
     inject_inline(nuxt_config, CodeKeys.nuxt_local_dates, all_date_locales)
 
 
+def inject_registration_validation_values():
+    all_langs = []
+    for match in locales_dir.glob("*.json"):
+        lang_string = f'"{match.stem}",'
+        all_langs.append(lang_string)
+
+    # sort
+    all_langs.sort()
+
+    log.debug(f"injecting locales into user registration validation -> {reg_valid}")
+    inject_inline(reg_valid, CodeKeys.nuxt_local_messages, all_langs)
+
+
 def generate_locales_ts_file():
     api = CrowdinApi("")
     models = api.get_languages()
@@ -193,6 +205,7 @@ def main():
 
     generate_locales_ts_file()
     inject_nuxt_values()
+    inject_registration_validation_values()
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/dev/code-generation/gen_ts_types.py b/dev/code-generation/gen_ts_types.py
index 96391dce9c5..b15f7ee9d7f 100644
--- a/dev/code-generation/gen_ts_types.py
+++ b/dev/code-generation/gen_ts_types.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 # ============================================================
 
-template = """// This Code is auto generated by gen_global_components.py
+template = """// This Code is auto generated by gen_ts_types.py
 {% for name in global %}import {{ name }} from "@/components/global/{{ name }}.vue";
 {% endfor %}{% for name in layout %}import {{ name }} from "@/components/layout/{{ name }}.vue";
 {% endfor %}
diff --git a/dev/code-generation/utils/route.py b/dev/code-generation/utils/route.py
index 16f40615c0f..3e636589a54 100644
--- a/dev/code-generation/utils/route.py
+++ b/dev/code-generation/utils/route.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import re
 from enum import Enum
-from typing import Optional
 
 from humps import camelize
-from pydantic import BaseModel, Extra, Field
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field
 from slugify import slugify
 
 
@@ -34,33 +33,30 @@ class ParameterIn(str, Enum):
 
 
 class RouterParameter(BaseModel):
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="allow")
+
     required: bool = False
     name: str
     location: ParameterIn = Field(..., alias="in")
 
-    class Config:
-        extra = Extra.allow
-
 
 class RequestBody(BaseModel):
-    required: bool = False
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="allow")
 
-    class Config:
-        extra = Extra.allow
+    required: bool = False
 
 
 class HTTPRequest(BaseModel):
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="allow", populate_by_name=True)
+
     request_type: RequestType
     description: str = ""
     summary: str
-    requestBody: Optional[RequestBody]
+    request_body: RequestBody | None = None
 
     parameters: list[RouterParameter] = []
     tags: list[str] | None = []
 
-    class Config:
-        extra = Extra.allow
-
     def list_as_js_object_string(self, parameters, braces=True):
         if len(parameters) == 0:
             return ""
@@ -71,11 +67,11 @@ def list_as_js_object_string(self, parameters, braces=True):
             return ", ".join(parameters)
 
     def payload(self):
-        return "payload" if self.requestBody else ""
+        return "payload" if self.request_body else ""
 
     def function_args(self):
         all_params = [p.name for p in self.parameters]
-        if self.requestBody:
+        if self.request_body:
             all_params.append("payload")
         return self.list_as_js_object_string(all_params)
 
diff --git a/dev/code-generation/utils/template.py b/dev/code-generation/utils/template.py
index eb5f21b092a..d4897563230 100644
--- a/dev/code-generation/utils/template.py
+++ b/dev/code-generation/utils/template.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def push_line(self, string: str) -> None:
         self._next_line += 1
 
 
-def get_indentation_of_string(line: str, comment_char: str = "//") -> str:
+def get_indentation_of_string(line: str, comment_char: str = "//|#") -> str:
     return re.sub(rf"{comment_char}.*", "", line).removesuffix("\n")
 
 
diff --git a/frontend/composables/use-locales/available-locales.ts b/frontend/composables/use-locales/available-locales.ts
index a00b0641d5d..a48545145f8 100644
--- a/frontend/composables/use-locales/available-locales.ts
+++ b/frontend/composables/use-locales/available-locales.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-// This Code is auto generated by gen_global_components.py
+// This Code is auto generated by gen_ts_locales.py
 export const LOCALES = [
   {
     name: "繁體中文 (Chinese traditional)",
     value: "zh-TW",
-    progress: 30,
+    progress: 29,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export const LOCALES = [
   {
     name: "Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)",
     value: "vi-VN",
-    progress: 1,
+    progress: 0,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
@@ -27,43 +27,43 @@ export const LOCALES = [
   {
     name: "Türkçe (Turkish)",
     value: "tr-TR",
-    progress: 53,
+    progress: 62,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Svenska (Swedish)",
     value: "sv-SE",
-    progress: 94,
+    progress: 99,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "српски (Serbian)",
     value: "sr-SP",
-    progress: 32,
+    progress: 31,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Slovenian",
     value: "sl-SI",
-    progress: 47,
+    progress: 49,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Slovak",
     value: "sk-SK",
-    progress: 93,
+    progress: 91,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Pусский (Russian)",
     value: "ru-RU",
-    progress: 98,
+    progress: 99,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Română (Romanian)",
     value: "ro-RO",
-    progress: 42,
+    progress: 44,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
@@ -75,19 +75,19 @@ export const LOCALES = [
   {
     name: "Português do Brasil (Brazilian Portuguese)",
     value: "pt-BR",
-    progress: 97,
+    progress: 95,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Polski (Polish)",
     value: "pl-PL",
-    progress: 98,
+    progress: 100,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Norsk (Norwegian)",
     value: "no-NO",
-    progress: 99,
+    progress: 97,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
@@ -99,25 +99,25 @@ export const LOCALES = [
   {
     name: "Latvian",
     value: "lv-LV",
-    progress: 1,
+    progress: 0,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Lithuanian",
     value: "lt-LT",
-    progress: 93,
+    progress: 91,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "한국어 (Korean)",
     value: "ko-KR",
-    progress: 5,
+    progress: 3,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "日本語 (Japanese)",
     value: "ja-JP",
-    progress: 12,
+    progress: 11,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
@@ -135,25 +135,25 @@ export const LOCALES = [
   {
     name: "Magyar (Hungarian)",
     value: "hu-HU",
-    progress: 100,
+    progress: 98,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Croatian",
     value: "hr-HR",
-    progress: 93,
+    progress: 91,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "עברית (Hebrew)",
     value: "he-IL",
-    progress: 97,
+    progress: 98,
     dir: "rtl",
   },
   {
     name: "Galician",
     value: "gl-ES",
-    progress: 1,
+    progress: 3,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
@@ -165,19 +165,19 @@ export const LOCALES = [
   {
     name: "French, Canada",
     value: "fr-CA",
-    progress: 97,
+    progress: 95,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Suomi (Finnish)",
     value: "fi-FI",
-    progress: 91,
+    progress: 89,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Español (Spanish)",
     value: "es-ES",
-    progress: 79,
+    progress: 93,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
@@ -189,13 +189,13 @@ export const LOCALES = [
   {
     name: "British English",
     value: "en-GB",
-    progress: 3,
+    progress: 2,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
     name: "Ελληνικά (Greek)",
     value: "el-GR",
-    progress: 34,
+    progress: 33,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ export const LOCALES = [
   {
     name: "Català (Catalan)",
     value: "ca-ES",
-    progress: 75,
+    progress: 74,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
   {
@@ -231,13 +231,13 @@ export const LOCALES = [
   {
     name: "العربية (Arabic)",
     value: "ar-SA",
-    progress: 20,
+    progress: 18,
     dir: "rtl",
   },
   {
     name: "Afrikaans (Afrikaans)",
     value: "af-ZA",
-    progress: 92,
+    progress: 90,
     dir: "ltr",
   },
 ]
diff --git a/frontend/types/components.d.ts b/frontend/types/components.d.ts
index be102380138..a3db56fe621 100644
--- a/frontend/types/components.d.ts
+++ b/frontend/types/components.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// This Code is auto generated by gen_global_components.py
+// This Code is auto generated by gen_ts_types.py
 import AdvancedOnly from "@/components/global/AdvancedOnly.vue";
 import AppButtonCopy from "@/components/global/AppButtonCopy.vue";
 import AppButtonUpload from "@/components/global/AppButtonUpload.vue";
diff --git a/mealie/schema/_mealie/validators.py b/mealie/schema/_mealie/validators.py
index 71be2972e67..e7f991db738 100644
--- a/mealie/schema/_mealie/validators.py
+++ b/mealie/schema/_mealie/validators.py
@@ -1,38 +1,47 @@
 def validate_locale(locale: str) -> bool:
     valid = {
+        # CODE_GEN_ID: MESSAGE_LOCALES
+        "af-ZA",
+        "ar-SA",
+        "bg-BG",
+        "ca-ES",
+        "cs-CZ",
+        "da-DK",
+        "de-DE",
         "el-GR",
-        "it-IT",
-        "ko-KR",
+        "en-GB",
+        "en-US",
         "es-ES",
-        "ja-JP",
-        "zh-CN",
-        "tr-TR",
-        "ar-SA",
+        "fi-FI",
+        "fr-CA",
+        "fr-FR",
+        "gl-ES",
+        "he-IL",
+        "hr-HR",
         "hu-HU",
-        "pt-PT",
+        "is-IS",
+        "it-IT",
+        "ja-JP",
+        "ko-KR",
+        "lt-LT",
+        "lv-LV",
+        "nl-NL",
         "no-NO",
-        "sv-SE",
-        "ro-RO",
-        "sk-SK",
-        "uk-UA",
-        "fr-CA",
         "pl-PL",
-        "da-DK",
         "pt-BR",
-        "de-DE",
-        "ca-ES",
-        "sr-SP",
-        "cs-CZ",
-        "fr-FR",
-        "zh-TW",
-        "af-ZA",
+        "pt-PT",
+        "ro-RO",
         "ru-RU",
-        "he-IL",
-        "nl-NL",
-        "en-US",
-        "en-GB",
-        "fi-FI",
+        "sk-SK",
+        "sl-SI",
+        "sr-SP",
+        "sv-SE",
+        "tr-TR",
+        "uk-UA",
         "vi-VN",
+        "zh-CN",
+        "zh-TW",
+        # END: MESSAGE_LOCALES
     }
 
     return locale in valid