# \#staged-users **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/tag/staged-users/564.md [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) --- ## [Date mismatch on staged user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-mismatch-on-staged-user/412726)
**Author:** [@one1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/one1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-mismatch-on-staged-user/412726 "2026-09-18T04:14:32Z")
We just got a direct email message to the forum. (obvious spam). The strange thing is that the date of the PM is 11 days ago: However the staged user is dated as created today (“Joined 4 Hours”): Any idea what is… --- ## [Exclude staged users from Watching?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-staged-users-from-watching/400361)
**Author:** [@bondero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bondero)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-staged-users-from-watching/400361 "2026-04-13T19:36:02Z")
Hiya folks! I’m selfhosting and I was able to migrate my users and content from google groups, as here. Our forum has an Announcements category and I’d like all our active users to be Watching it. The way I did it was … --- ## [Can't change post ownership to an email address](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-post-ownership-to-an-email-address/86478)
**Author:** [@oburt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oburt)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-post-ownership-to-an-email-address/86478 "2025-10-16T19:25:00Z")
Every time I attempt to change ownership of an existing PM to an email address not in our system, I get an error rather than a new staged user being created. As I enter the email address, the autocomplete dropdown with t… --- ## [Custom images can't be added to staged users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-images-cant-be-added-to-staged-users/367295)
**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-images-cant-be-added-to-staged-users/367295 "2025-08-31T23:30:27Z")
I’ve got a few staged users that regularly interact with our site. Several are automatic emails (e.g. from Digital Ocean, AWS, etc). It would be nice to have them easily identified in the Message inbox. Digital Ocean ha… --- ## [How to remove the possibility to send messages to staged users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-the-possibility-to-send-messages-to-staged-users/203958)
**Author:** [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-the-possibility-to-send-messages-to-staged-users/203958 "2025-05-07T19:25:33Z")
There are many reasons why a Discourse instance will have staged users. In our case, we are mirroring a mailing list. Staged users aren’t (or shouldn’t be) real users, and it is rather surprising that the interface allow… --- ## ['Staged User' issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staged-user-issue/340354)
**Author:** [@vwcnot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vwcnot)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staged-user-issue/340354 "2024-12-04T18:18:17Z")
I have taken over a co-moderator of a Discourse forum. A user wishes me to change their primary email. When I enter the new email address and click on the ‘Change’ button I get the following error message: “There was an… --- ## [Staged Account can't be managed with SSO enabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staged-account-cant-be-managed-with-sso-enabled/340381)
**Author:** [@Laura7089](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Laura7089)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staged-account-cant-be-managed-with-sso-enabled/340381 "2024-12-04T15:06:18Z")
An edge case appears to exist in Discourse under the following conditions: an instance has SSO enabled a staged forum account exists on that instance which does not correspond to an SSO account Under these conditions,… --- ## [Merge Staged Users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/merge-staged-users/298976)
**Author:** [@gassim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gassim)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/merge-staged-users/298976 "2024-04-01T21:20:53Z")
Hi all! When moving from another platform into Discourse, we had to import users and many of the imported users became “staged users”. We’ve realized that the staged users are duplicates; for instance, “unique.user.name… --- ## [What are "staged users"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-staged-users/293269)
**Author:** [@Stephane\_Roy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephane_Roy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 10:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-staged-users/293269 "2024-01-29T10:42:45Z")
Greetings, I am unable to comprehend the meaning of “staged users” in Settings. Could you explain to me what this term means in Discourse ? Thank you. --- ## [Staged users unable to join the forum via invite, sign-up, or login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staged-users-unable-to-join-the-forum-via-invite-sign-up-or-login/235681)
**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2022, 5:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staged-users-unable-to-join-the-forum-via-invite-sign-up-or-login/235681 "2022-08-16T05:08:53Z")
The workflow of asking people to email in to get an invite is broken. When a staged user (created after an email exchange with our support group via email-in) attempts to use an invitation, they get this: I discover… --- ## [User staged into topic received notifications of responses to that topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-staged-into-topic-received-notifications-of-responses-to-that-topic/144078)
**Author:** [@k4rtik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/k4rtik)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-staged-into-topic-received-notifications-of-responses-to-that-topic/144078 "2020-03-13T18:12:58Z")
Here are the steps that happened in sequence that led me to discover this issue: A user in a group forwarded an email to a private category (whose access is controlled by that group) from someone who is not on our disc… --- ## [Staged invited user did not become registered user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staged-invited-user-did-not-become-registered-user/126216)
**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 9:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staged-invited-user-did-not-become-registered-user/126216 "2019-10-21T09:54:58Z")
Hi, I have several staged users who did not become registered users. This is after they’ve added a profile picture and posted. In case this makes a difference, both staged users were first added via email to a group. The… --- ## [@ Mentions not working for staged users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentions-not-working-for-staged-users/56721)
**Author:** [@joco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joco)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentions-not-working-for-staged-users/56721 "2017-02-03T16:13:09Z")
It seems that the @ mentions are not working for a few of my users. Most of the users are suggested when we type the @ and the username but some do not show up on the selection list. Is there a way to reset that? Joe