# Error on sign up when invite code is missing

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-on-sign-up-when-invite-code-is-missing/314413>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** invites\
**Created:** [July 1, 2024, 6:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-on-sign-up-when-invite-code-is-missing/314413 "2024-07-01T06:58:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 6:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-on-sign-up-when-invite-code-is-missing/314413/1 "2024-07-01T06:58:43Z")

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It took me quite a while to sign up a new test user on my forum yesterday because I forgot to enter the invite code.

The error message that was shown wasn’t very helpful:

> Something went wrong, perhaps this email is already registered, try the forgot password link

No matter which email I tried, the error was the same.

Would it be possible to display an error for the invite code field like when a required custom field is empty?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/e/a/dea859b58a9aab140f7cb275acd0cca2dfadf028.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/e/c/dececc73792c17ffd94e7714d443c7fa115c1410.png)  
Maybe it would also be helpful to add an asterisk after “invite code,” since it is required too.

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