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Inactive accounts for review notification

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
There have been reports of editors trying to add reviewers (who have reviewed before) but being unable to locate them because their accounts are inactive. This confuses editors as to them it is unclear why the user cannot be added as a reviewer, as Janeway only returns "no matches" rather than any information about the status of the account. Providing more information for editors so they can understand the issue better may be a good solution.

1.8

Additional note:
Monitoring this, in case there is a bug somewhere.

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the reviewer search flow and how inactive accounts result in no matches, then clarify the intended editor-facing behavior with maintainers. Done should include a clear account-status outcome for editors and coverage for the reported inactive-reviewer case.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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