Easier account signup using email codes

rishabh · August 24, 2026, 5:38am

Thank you for the reports everyone, a fix will be merged very soon:

github.com/discourse/discourse

FIX: Stop placeholder usernames sticking after email code signup (#42796)

main ← keegan/username-step-provider-handoff

merged 03:55PM - 24 Aug 26 UTC

keegangeorge

+97 -8

**Previously**, a DiscourseConnect provider handoff redirected away as soon as t…he account existed, so email code signups never saw the username step and kept a generated `userNNN` name. **In this update**, the handoff waits for the account-ready step to finish, and the generated username is no longer copied into the full name. | Before | After | | --- | --- | | ![before](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/download/_gh-attach-assets/before-jg4e21.png) | ![after](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/download/_gh-attach-assets/after-ofh8io.png) |

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Easier account signup using email codes

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