Water supply pipe joint leak. What went wrong??

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Pacifi

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Help please!!

Found a leak in the shower valve water supply pipe joint (cpvc to copper), leaking behind the shower panel into the interior of wall of bath.

Please see video of leak here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1RtvFQoFV0uG6X5tSGsVSaXjCxsGcshRi

The leak has been stopped.

Could not attach pictures, so I have added them in a reply to my own post. Please take a look.

The shower valve is not braced.
The supply lines are not clamped.

This home is in California, built in 2009.

I am perplexed this happened. Is it a code violation issue?
 
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Added pictures below.

Thank you!
 

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cut the cpvc remove the affected cpvc fittings use the exact same new fittings and a coupling
I should have added in my original post, that the leak has been stopped. Made the correction. The plumber I called in urgently did exactly as you said, thank you.
 
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