Error during signup: username already taken, on second try the email is now already taken
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Description
On Windows 10 app
During signup
- choose a username that is already taken
- give an email that is not already taken
- set a password and continue
- you will see an error that the username was taken so process couldn't be completed
Try to signup again
- choose a unique username
- give the same email as last time
- set a password and continue
- you will see an error that the email is already taken (presumably because it completed registration with that email last time but errored on username)
Try to login with your email that "is already taken"
- you will see an error that the registration process couldn't be completed for that account
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Research direction
Reproduce the two-attempt signup flow on the Windows 10 app, then trace the registration and account-creation path; the issue does not name specific files or tests. Check how a rejected username affects the email and account state, and verify that a failed signup does not reserve the email or leave an account that cannot log in.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- authentication, desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100