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fix(auth): hide sign-up tab when onboarding is closed - #3552

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Problem

On a self-hosted instance with onboarding_state set to closed, the auth layout still renders the Sign in / Create account switch. The Create account tab links to /registration/new, which RegistrationsController#ensure_signup_open immediately redirects back to the login page.

Change

app/views/layouts/auth.html.erb now skips the switch when signup_closed? is true. That is a new helper on the Invitable concern (self-hosted and onboarding closed), and RegistrationsController#ensure_signup_open now uses it too, so the view and the guard share one condition. With only Sign in left there is nothing to switch between, so the whole switch is hidden rather than leaving a single half-width tab.

Invite-only is intentionally left alone: the controller does not block /registration/new in that mode, and people with an invite code (or an instance with a default family configured) still sign up through that form. Hiding the tab there would leave them without a way to reach it from the login page. Managed (non self-hosted) mode is also unchanged, matching the controller.

Tests

Added controller tests in test/controllers/sessions_controller_test.rb covering open (tab shown), invite-only (tab shown) and closed (tab hidden). The closed test fails without the layout change. Also added registration tests for the closed-onboarding redirect, self-hosted and managed.

Checks run locally (Ruby 3.4.9, Postgres 16, Redis 7):

  • bin/rails test — 8867 runs, 0 failures. One error in RecurringTransaction::PipelineTest came from my local Postgres credentials (the test opens its own connection as the OS user); it passes with PGUSER set.
  • bin/rubocop test/controllers/sessions_controller_test.rb — no offenses
  • bundle exec erb_lint app/views/layouts/auth.html.erb — no errors
  • bin/brakeman --no-pager — no warnings

No JS changes, so I didn't run Biome, and I didn't run system tests.

Fixes #3536

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  • Bug Fixes
    • The sign-up link is hidden on the login page when self-hosted onboarding is closed.
    • The sign-up link remains available when onboarding is open or invite-only.
    • Registration page access redirects to login when self-hosted onboarding is closed.
    • Account creation is prevented in this state.
    • Hosted installations continue to display the registration page regardless of the self-hosted onboarding setting.

The auth layout always rendered the Sign in / Create account switch, so
self-hosted instances with onboarding closed showed a tab that just
redirected back to the login page. Skip the switch under the same
condition RegistrationsController#ensure_signup_open uses. Invite-only
instances keep it, since sign-up with an invite code still works there.

Fixes we-promise#3536
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The change centralizes the closed sign-up check, hides the sign-up switcher for closed self-hosted onboarding, and applies the registration gate across deployment modes. Tests cover onboarding states and deployment modes.

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Authentication sign-up gating

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared sign-up state and navigation
app/controllers/concerns/invitable.rb, app/views/layouts/auth.html.erb, test/controllers/sessions_controller_test.rb
The signup_closed? helper is exposed to views. The authentication layout uses it to hide sign-up navigation when self-hosted onboarding is closed. Tests cover open, invite-only, and closed states.
Registration access enforcement
app/controllers/registrations_controller.rb, test/controllers/registrations_controller_test.rb
The registration gate runs for hosted and self-hosted installations. Closed self-hosted registration redirects to the login page, while hosted registration still renders successfully.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: jjmata

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to d1931

Closed self-hosted onboarding now hides registration navigation and rejects both registration endpoints, while managed behavior remains available.

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning The change satisfies the self-hosted closed requirement in [#3536]. signup_closed? hides the authentication switch, and the tests verify that the sign-up link is absent. The change does not satisf… Update the sign-up visibility condition for self-hosted invite_only onboarding. Hide the sign-up link when no valid invitation context or configured default family permits registration. Preserve the link for the permitted invited-user and…
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 4 functions across 4 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: hiding the sign-up tab when onboarding is closed.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The shared signup_closed? helper, registration guard, authentication-layout change, and controller tests all align with [#3536]. The hosted-mode regression test protects the same registration-availa…
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Explanation

The change satisfies the self-hosted closed requirement in [#3536]. signup_closed? hides the authentication switch, and the tests verify that the sign-up link is absent. The change does not satisfy the invite_only requirement when no valid invitation or default-family access exists. signup_closed? returns false for all invite_only requests, and the test requires the sign-up link for every invite-only visitor. This preserves the dead-end navigation described in [#3536].

Resolution

Update the sign-up visibility condition for self-hosted invite_only onboarding. Hide the sign-up link when no valid invitation context or configured default family permits registration. Preserve the link for the permitted invited-user and default-family cases. Add tests for both hidden and visible invite-only cases.

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Reviewed as part of the daily new-PR sweep — no blocking issues, one open question worth confirming before merge.


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<% if controller_name.in?(%w[sessions registrations]) && action_name.in?(%w[new create]) %>
<%# Mirrors RegistrationsController#ensure_signup_open: with sign-up
closed there is nothing to switch to. %>
<% signup_closed = self_hosted? && Setting.onboarding_state == "closed" %>

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The PR title/body frames invite_only as intentionally left alone, but the linked issue #3536 describes the same dead-end-navigation problem for that mode too: with onboarding_state == "invite_only" and no default family configured, an anonymous visitor still sees and can click "Create account," reaches /registration/new (not blocked by ensure_signup_open, which only fires on "closed"), fills the form, and then hits @invite_code_invalid on submit. That's the same dead end #3536 was filed to eliminate, just one step later in the flow. Worth confirming with the issue reporter whether invite_only should also hide the tab (or at least link to a "request access" state) before merging.

Smaller nit: the self_hosted? && Setting.onboarding_state == "closed" predicate duplicates RegistrationsController#ensure_signup_open's condition directly in the view. Per AGENTS.md's "keep domain logic out of ERB," consider exposing a single named predicate (e.g. Setting.signup_closed?) that both the controller guard and this view call, so the two can't drift out of sync if a future onboarding state is added.


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Thanks for the review.

Nit: done in 4f50f1c. signup_closed? now lives on the Invitable concern, next to invite_code_required?, and is exposed as a helper_method. I didn't put it on Setting because self_hosted? comes from app mode (a controller concern), and invite_code_required? already sets the pattern for onboarding predicates that views use. ensure_signup_open and the layout both call it now. I also added registration tests for the closed redirect, both self-hosted and managed.

invite_only: I looked at this and would keep the tab in that mode.

  • Invite codes are shared as bare tokens. invite_codes/_invite_code gives admins a copy button for the token, not a link. The form does prefill from ?invite=, but nothing in the app builds that URL. So someone with a code needs "Create account" to reach the form. Hiding the tab would strand exactly the people invite_only is for.
  • With invite_only_default_family_id set, no code is needed (invite_code_required? is false), so the tab isn't a dead end there.
  • Family invitations don't need the tab. invitations#accept links straight to /registration/new?invitation=….
  • Without a default family, the dead end is milder than "fill the form, then fail". The Invite Code field shows up front and is required, so a visitor sees they need a code before typing anything. A wrong code fails on submit, which is the intended check.

If you'd still like something for code-less visitors, I'd do it as a follow-up rather than in this PR. For example, a short "Sign-up is invite-only" hint on the tab or form, or a copyable /registration/new?invite=CODE link in the invite code list. Happy to open either one.

Move the "self-hosted and onboarding closed" check into a single
signup_closed? helper on the Invitable concern, next to
invite_code_required?, so RegistrationsController#ensure_signup_open and
the auth layout's sign-up tab can't drift apart. Add controller tests for
the closed-onboarding redirect.

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In `@test/controllers/registrations_controller_test.rb`:
- Around line 9-26: Add a self-hosted closed-onboarding test for the
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