Correct! I wasn’t exact with my description sorry.
Yes, a staged user is created with that reserved username. I’m not quite sure how. If that username is taken, it gets the username ‘Commsec1’ etc.
I agree it is a bug that a staged user can take a reserved username, but I haven’t tried to repo this.
No, not yet. This is a small, low budget site and I don’t want to add complexity without due reason. This could be it!!