Hi,
I have two questions please!
What if I wanted an indefinite number of uses because it’s on a site that will continue to accept users?
If a user clicks on the link but is already a member will they still be added to a group that was mentioned in the invite link? If not how can I create a link that will add members to a group (& perhaps after being added they arrive at a topic)?
Please let me know if I should create a new topic for this. Thank you so much! (:
No need to mention Simon or any other team member, so I edited that bit out sorry!
See Multiple Use Invite Links - feature / announcements - Discourse Meta
Hmmm… This sounds like an interesting use case. Can you try it with some test accounts to see what would happen? We’d appreciate the assistance @gassim 
Thanks it’s okay!
It doesn’t answer my question, I actually want to use the invite link that has the (add to group and arrive at topic) but I don’t want to limit the ‘max uses’. Thanks!
Thanks! I will need to check then but then the post will be deleted here so should I create a new topic for it?
I’d say try the feature first before doubting it. The invite system has an accompanying site setting that controls max uses, so you can set the max uses to what you want ;). See invite link max redemptions limit.
Oh, I mean check it for your use-case and whether it works for you. As a tip/hint, it is a feature we added recently.
Thanks! The thing is I don’t want a limit. I want the invitation link to be unlimited redemptions
Yes, the user will be added to the group which is excellent. 
*Keep in mind please that the ‘Multiple Use Invite Links’ you shared above, doesn’t have the feature to add users to a group and like I mentioned about has a ‘limit’ (I want unlimited.) Thanks!
However, the issue that came up is that the ‘arrive at topic’ feature will not take the user to that page after they signup for the first time. It only sends them an invitation to the topic post as a notification which is not the desired result. Instead, it was expected that after signup process (activation and logging in for the first time) using the invitation link that they will be redirected to the ‘arrive at topic’ but they aren’t.
You can change that limit to 1,000,000. If that’s too few, I think you would need a plugin.
Okay thanks @pfaffman! I don’t think it’s too few but please do you know if we receive a notification when that limit is reached because then after 1,000,000 uses we’ll have to create a new invitation link. (:
Thank you!
I’ve just tested this on a new sign-up, and it worked for me. I also created a second invite, this time with an auto-group and a new ‘direct to topic’ topic, and purposely ignored the create screen and signed in as an existing user, and that worked too (user landed on the right topic, and was added to group). Can you go through how you’re creating yours?
Thanks @JammyDodger!
It worked for me when I ignore the signup process and log in directly but when I go through the sign up process and activate the email address, it only invites me to the topic instead of redirects me to the topic.
I remember something like that worked for me before but this time when I tried I don’t know why it didn’t work
And @JammyDodger exactly the same steps. Creating an invite link with the settings (add to group and arrive at topic). 
If I invite someone to a topic in a category they don’t have permission to see, then they arrive at the homepage instead. Could that be the issue?
Yes, but in this case they are at the same time being added to a group which gives them the permission to see the category…
I’ve just tried it again:
You could check your category permissions and see if they are what they should be?
Thank you so much! I will try again - you proved it to be working! 
Just a follow up on this - after doing a different test example I’ve found that if you follow an invitation link and then sign up without a password, after setting one through the email prompt you will land on the homepage rather than the ‘arrive at topic’.
I’m not understanding what you mean by “sign up without a password”. How is that possible?
It was from this test earlier:
The password field isn’t ‘required’, so you can sign up without one. And then ignore the prompt email too.
Oh, I see. I also just did a new test and actually find that if you follow an invite link that adds you to a group and sends you to a topic, you get added to the group whether or not you specify a password, but you are still just sent to the forum homepage.
@dan I can’t help but wonder if something has regressed here? I am pretty sure this used to work, when we last worked on this.
Thanks @JammyDodger ! See! It wasn’t working when I tested it 
Thank you for testing again and letting the community know. 
Yeah this one is a bit of a challenge! Instead of redirecting a user, only a notification is being sent which is not really the same option. I hope it gets fixed to do what it says it will do for all cases! Thanks!
최근 이 주제에 대한 답변들이 다소 뒤섞여 있는 것 같습니다. 초대 시스템은 더 단순하게 만들려는 우리의 노력에도 불구하고 꽤 복잡한 구조입니다. 우리는 이 시스템을 잠시 두어두고 사이트 소유자들이 어떻게 느끼는지, 그리고 어떤 피드백을 주는지 지켜보고자 했습니다.
몇 가지 명확한 문제에 대해 유용한 피드백이 조금씩 들어오고 있습니다. 몇 가지 문제를 짚어주신 @gassim님과 테스트를 해주신 @JammyDodger님께 감사드립니다. 항상 큰 도움이 됩니다. 각 문제에 대해 필요한 경우 해당 문제를 위한 별도 주제에서 더 논의하는 것을 권장합니다. 여기에는 더 많은 답변을 추가하지 않는 것이 좋습니다. 추가된 답변은 자동으로 삭제됩니다.
초대를 수락할 때 비밀번호가 왜 필수 항목이 아닌지 이해하고 싶습니다. 이로 인해 UI에 필수 요소가 많아져 상황이 더 복잡해집니다. 이 문제에 대한 주제는 여기에 있습니다: Invites account creation screen shows password as "optional"
제 테스트 결과, ‘주제에 초대’ 플로우가 설계된 대로 작동하지 않는 것으로 보입니다. 회귀(regression)가 발생했을 수 있습니다. 더 많은 조사가 필요하지만, 사용자는 새 계정을 만들고 이메일 주소를 확인하는 등의 과정을 거친 후 주제에 도달하는 대신 홈페이지에 도달하는 것으로 보입니다. 사용자는 초대에서 지정된 그룹에 여전히 올바르게 추가됩니다. 저는 새로운 Contribute > Bug 주제를 시작했습니다: Invite links to topic send user to home page, not to topic.
@osioke님이 링크한 다중 사용 초대 링크에 대한 주제는 초대 시스템이 변경되었으므로 이제 구식이 되었습니다. 저는 해당 주제에 대해 어떻게 할지 논의하기 위해 노트를 추가했습니다. 초대 시스템 사용법에 대한 답변을 얻으려면 이 FAQ가 가장 좋은 출발점입니다. 기본 설정은 좋습니다. 하지만 Osioke님이 매우 정확하게 지적했듯이, 사이트 소유자는 자신의 특정 필요에 맞게 관리자 설정을 변경하여 커스터마이징할 수 있습니다. 그렇게 하신다면, 테스트 사용자를 사용하여 변경 사항을 테스트해 보고 만족스러운지 꼭 확인해 주세요.
초대가 몇 번 사용되었는지 대기 중인 초대 목록에 표시됩니다. 한도에 도달하면 만료 탭으로 이동합니다. 따라서 해당 목록을 잘 확인해 두시기 바랍니다.
@gassim님, 무제한으로 많은 사람이 가입할 수 있도록 하려면 왜 사이트를 초대 전용으로 설정하셨나요? 왜 사이트가 새로운 회원 가입을 허용하도록 설정되어 있지 않나요? 사용 사례가 무엇인가요? 더 잘 도울 수 있도록 설명해 줄 새 주제를 시작해 주세요.
Historically we were trying to make it very very easy to join a site, even a site you have no intention of ever coming back to. Why set a password when you’re only ever going to be there once? Just use email aka “forgot password” to “log in” again later.. and you never have to set a password, ever.
