# Easier account signup using email codes

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/easier-account-signup-using-email-codes/407068
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** login, signup
**Created:** [July 13, 2026, 1:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easier-account-signup-using-email-codes/407068 "2026-07-13T01:20:43Z")
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### Author: ![rishabh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rishabh/32/179446_2.png) [@rishabh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rishabh)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2026, 5:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easier-account-signup-using-email-codes/407068/25 "2026-08-24T05:38:11Z")

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

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/42796>
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> \*\*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.
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> \*\*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.
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> | 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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