# Discourse Authentication Validations

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-authentication-validations/292547>\
**Category:** Plugin\
**Tags:** experimental\
**Created:** [January 22, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-authentication-validations/292547 "2024-01-22T19:32:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![jordanjay29](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jordanjay29/32/529474_2.png) [@jordanjay29](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordanjay29)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2025, 5:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-authentication-validations/292547/16 "2025-11-28T05:30:03Z")

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How does this impact searchable fields?

A custom field that has been set to searchable does not come up in the configuration menu on the user directory on my site, but the 3 conditional fields linked to it show up instead. Those three fields are not set to be searchable themselves.

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