Existing users don't get added to groups in an invite if they can already access the Topic the invite directs to

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Discovered this bug when trying to do some fancy invites that add a user to a couple of groups and direct them to a topic, which would apply nicely across logged in, non-logged in, and new users.

To repro:

  1. Create an invite that lands on a topic that your test user can access already
  2. Add a group to the invite (which your user isn’t currently a member of)
  3. Login as your test user
  4. Visit the invite link with that user

Result: The test user is NOT added to the group (they should be).

If the user doesn’t already have access to that topic (or is a new user), they are added to the group(s) with no issues.

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Thanks for reporting this! Sounds like an interesting one - will investigate and fix this up as soon as possible :slight_smile:

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This reminds me of the other recent topics about inviting existing users to groups:

Maybe this report that the invite link to the user-testers group no longer works is also related: Join the Discourse User Testing Community - #29 by jordan-violet

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Agree - I think that I’ve pinned it down a little more though. This functionality used to work, so this seems like a regression. Probably at the time of the fix alluded to in those other threads.

It would likely be appropriate to merge them all together.

Personally I believe this to be a highly valid use case. It permits the use of a single streamlined process to onboard people regardless of whether they are already on the site. Otherwise you need two parallel (and difficult to administer) processes for current and new users.

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