Was there a recent change that is leading to the influx of generic users named “userN” (where N is some number) on our Discourse instance and if so it possible to disable this? I haven’t been able to find anything in the settings.

We recently stopped using email addresses when generating usernames during SSO. FEATURE: stop using email as source for username and name suggestions for Single Sign On (#14541) committed 01:25PM - 12 Oct 21 UTC (UTC) …

Generic “userN” usernames

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JammyDodger October 27, 2021, 11:48am 8

Can you check your discourse connect sign-up and see if the username field can be skipped when registering?

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Generic “userN” usernames

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