Signup Instructions aren't showing for Text custom User Fields

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The discussion addresses a bug where instructions for custom text user fields are not showing during signup, despite working for dropdown and multiselect fields. nathank first reported the issue, noting the inconsistency in the signup form. lindsey confirmed it as a bug and acknowledged the engineering team is working on a fix, though no timeline was provided. RGJ inquired about an ETA, and pmusaraj confirmed the fix was merged in a recent pull request. nathank suggested the issue should be tagged as fixed, indicating resolution.

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I love that we can now choose whether to show the instructions for the standard signup fields:

The image shows a user interface with options for displaying email, username, full name, and password instructions on a sign-up form. (Captioned by AI)
The image shows a user interface with options for displaying email, username, full name, and password instructions on a sign-up form. (Captioned by AI)826×380 15.5 KB

However, there doesn’t seem to be a way to make custom user fields instructions show up at all for text fields. They are being displayed for the dropdown and multiselect ones though.

This image shows a sign-up form for creating a new account with fields for email, username, name, password, mobile phone, profession, ethnic group, and gender selection, along with options to add ethnicity details and select an optional profession. (Captioned by AI)
This image shows a sign-up form for creating a new account with fields for email, username, name, password, mobile phone, profession, ethnic group, and gender selection, along with options to add ethnicity details and select an optional profession. (Captioned by AI)472×804 28.2 KB

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Hey @nathank — you’re right, this is a bug we recently identified. We have asked our engineering team to fix this, but I don’t have an ETA just yet on when that fix will land. We’ll update you here when it’s done.

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Any ETA on this? I think it’s just about removing the unless condition…

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Fix just merged: UX: Include custom text field description in signup form by pmusaraj · Pull Request #32624 · discourse/discourse · GitHub

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Should this be tagged fixed?

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