diff --git a/src/app/login-page/auth-failed-page/auth-failed-page.component.spec.ts b/src/app/login-page/auth-failed-page/auth-failed-page.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a60ff1163e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/login-page/auth-failed-page/auth-failed-page.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { of as observableOf} from 'rxjs';
+import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
+import { ConfigurationDataService } from '../../core/data/configuration-data.service';
+import {createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$} from '../../shared/remote-data.utils';
+import { ConfigurationProperty } from '../../core/shared/configuration-property.model';
+import { HELP_DESK_PROPERTY } from '../../item-page/tombstone/tombstone.component';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { AuthFailedPageComponent } from './auth-failed-page.component';
+import { RequestService } from '../../core/data/request.service';
+import { HALEndpointService } from '../../core/shared/hal-endpoint.service';
+import { getMockRemoteDataBuildService } from '../../shared/mocks/remote-data-build.service.mock';
+import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../../core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
+import { NotificationsServiceStub } from '../../shared/testing/notifications-service.stub';
+import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
+
+describe('DuplicateUserErrorComponent', () => {
+  let component: AuthFailedPageComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<AuthFailedPageComponent>;
+  let mockConfigurationDataService: ConfigurationDataService;
+  let requestService: RequestService;
+  let activatedRoute: any;
+  let halService: HALEndpointService;
+  let rdbService: RemoteDataBuildService;
+  let notificationService: NotificationsServiceStub;
+
+  const rootUrl = 'root url';
+  const queryParams = 'netid[idp]';
+  const encodedQueryParams = 'netid%5Bidp%5D&email=';
+
+  activatedRoute = {
+    params: observableOf({}),
+    snapshot: {
+      queryParams: {
+        netid: queryParams
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  mockConfigurationDataService = jasmine.createSpyObj('configurationDataService', {
+    findByPropertyName: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(Object.assign(new ConfigurationProperty(), {
+      name: HELP_DESK_PROPERTY,
+      values: [
+        'email'
+      ]
+    }))
+  });
+
+  requestService = jasmine.createSpyObj('requestService', {
+    send: observableOf('response'),
+    generateRequestId: observableOf('123456'),
+  });
+
+  halService = jasmine.createSpyObj('authService', {
+    getRootHref: rootUrl,
+  });
+
+  rdbService = getMockRemoteDataBuildService();
+  notificationService = new NotificationsServiceStub();
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [
+        TranslateModule.forRoot()
+      ],
+      declarations: [ AuthFailedPageComponent ],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: activatedRoute },
+        { provide: ConfigurationDataService, useValue: mockConfigurationDataService },
+        { provide: RequestService, useValue: requestService },
+        { provide: HALEndpointService, useValue: halService },
+        { provide: RemoteDataBuildService, useValue: rdbService },
+        { provide: NotificationsService, useValue: notificationService },
+      ]
+    })
+    .compileComponents();
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(AuthFailedPageComponent);
+    component = fixture.componentInstance;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  });
+
+  it('should create', () => {
+    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it('should send request with encoded netId and email param', () => {
+    component.ngOnInit();
+    component.sendEmail();
+    expect(requestService.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining({
+      href: rootUrl + '/autoregistration?netid=' + encodedQueryParams,
+    }));
+    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/login-page/auth-failed-page/auth-failed-page.component.ts b/src/app/login-page/auth-failed-page/auth-failed-page.component.ts
index 24ff567ca4f..b49e3b9b368 100644
--- a/src/app/login-page/auth-failed-page/auth-failed-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/login-page/auth-failed-page/auth-failed-page.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
-import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { ConfigurationProperty } from '../../core/shared/configuration-property.model';
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ export class AuthFailedPageComponent implements OnInit {
 
   constructor(
     protected configurationDataService: ConfigurationDataService,
-    protected router: Router,
     public route: ActivatedRoute,
     private requestService: RequestService,
     protected halService: HALEndpointService,
@@ -61,7 +60,8 @@ export class AuthFailedPageComponent implements OnInit {
   public sendEmail() {
     const requestId = this.requestService.generateRequestId();
 
-    const url = this.halService.getRootHref() + '/autoregistration?netid=' + this.netid + '&email=' + this.email;
+    const url = this.halService.getRootHref() + '/autoregistration?netid=' + encodeURIComponent(this.netid) +
+      '&email=' + encodeURIComponent(this.email);
     const postRequest = new PostRequest(requestId, url);
     // Send POST request
     this.requestService.send(postRequest);