# OIDC users not associating with existing Discourse users

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/oidc-users-not-associating-with-existing-discourse-users/383894
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** openid-connect
**Created:** [September 24, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oidc-users-not-associating-with-existing-discourse-users/383894 "2025-09-24T15:25:45Z")
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### Author: ![pmusaraj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pmusaraj/32/119489_2.png) [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oidc-users-not-associating-with-existing-discourse-users/383894/2 "2025-09-24T17:57:07Z")

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Are you using the same email address between the accounts? Can you reproduce this issue with a fresh account that wasn’t associated with Keycloak before?

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