# Poor user experience with 'Invite-only' 'Login required'

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/poor-user-experience-with-invite-only-login-required/417454>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [November 14, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poor-user-experience-with-invite-only-login-required/417454 "2026-11-14T16:42:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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## AI-generated summary

[Multimastery](/t/-/417454/1) reports a poor user experience when using Discourse's 'Invite-only' and 'Login required' settings together. They explain that new users are taken through the entire sign-up process, including email confirmation and profile completion, only to be blocked by the invite-only restriction at the very end. This is described as a waste of time and a confusing flow that the AI assistant has been unable to resolve.

[Moin](/t/-/417454/2) suggests trying to disable the `enable local logins via code` setting, which is currently in beta and enabled by default, as it might improve the experience. Moin also notes they face a related issue on their own forum where invite code sign-ups fail because [no email is sent to the user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easier-account-signup-using-email-codes/407068/49).

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**Author:** ![Multimastery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Multimastery](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Multimastery)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poor-user-experience-with-invite-only-login-required/417454/1 "2026-11-14T16:42:42Z")

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I’ve been testing with the ‘Invite-only’ ‘Login required’ settings enabled and the flow doesn’t make sense to me at all. What I don’t like is that it takes someone through the entire sign-up process, email confirmation and all, prompting them to fill out their profile and all - and then at the end it hits them with invite-only. That’s a total waste of someone’s time, a bad user experience, and makes no sense at all.

I went back & forth with the ‘AI Assistant’, but it’s just going around in circles agreeinf that it’s a bad user experience, but it’s still stumped for any solution.

So if an actual person can chime in on this issue, I’d appreciate it.

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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:** [November 14, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poor-user-experience-with-invite-only-login-required/417454/2 "2026-11-14T16:48:15Z")

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There is an upcoming change, `enable local logins via code`. It’s currently in beta status, so it is enabled by default. Did you try disabling that? There is a chance the experience is better with it disabled.

I have a similar problem on my forum, where signing up with an invite code doesn’t work because [email isn’t sent to the user at all](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easier-account-signup-using-email-codes/407068/49).