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Fixes #251.

Bug A — Create account rendered with all signup methods disabled

deriveRemoteAuthEntryOptions had no "no signup available" state: when a server disables every signup/provision method (e.g. AUTH_ANONYMOUS_SIGNUP_ENABLED=0 with no OAuth/mTLS — only key-challenge login enabled), primarySignupKind fell through to 'anonymous' and the welcome panel still rendered a primary Create account button wired to anonymous signup, which the server rejects with 403 signup-disabled. Existing tests always kept at least one alternative method enabled, so this corner was uncovered. Reproduced live against a current dev web build + current server.

Fix: new showPrimarySignup derived flag (false when no signup method is enabled); the panel leaves the signup slot empty and promotes Login to the primary CTA.

Bug B — typed error instead of generic "Operation failed"

authGetToken discarded the response body of a failed POST /v1/auth. It now parses the JSON error body and throws AuthTokenRequestError (status + typed code). The welcome screen maps signup-disabled to a specific translated message (new errors.signupDisabled key, all 10 locales) so a stale client that still shows the button gets a graceful explanation instead of "Operation failed".

Tests

  • RED→GREEN route test reproducing the exact live server capability shape (key-challenge login only): no Create account, Login is primary.
  • RED→GREEN unit tests for the typed auth error (JSON body, non-JSON body).
  • RED→GREEN integration test: pressing Create account against a signup-disabled rejection shows the specific message.

Validation

Rebased onto current dev tip before submitting; UI typecheck (native TS7 runner), the corridor unit lane (29 tests), and the unauth-shell integration lane (4 tests) all pass on the rebased base. The i18n.integrity test failure (87 untranslated strings in connectedServices.quota.* / settingsProviders.plugins.claude.*) is pre-existing and fails identically on the untouched dev tip.


Bug discovered by @hubikj; root-cause investigation and this fix produced with Claude (AI). Code references checked against the dev tip as of 2026-08-13; server behavior verified against a live deployment.


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Hide signup UI and show a specific error when the server disables sign-ups

  • authGetToken now throws a typed AuthTokenRequestError (with HTTP status and parsed error code) instead of a generic Error for non-OK responses from POST /v1/auth.
  • When the server returns a 403 signup-disabled error during account creation, the UI shows a localized alert (errors.signupDisabled) instead of proceeding with login.
  • RemoteWelcomeDecisionPanel hides the Create Account action and promotes Login to primary when no signup method is available, driven by a new showPrimarySignup flag in useRemoteAuthEntryOptions.
  • Adds the errors.signupDisabled translation key across all supported locales.

Macroscope summarized 5f5c847.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Improved authentication screens for servers where new account registration is disabled.
    • Existing users can still sign in, while unavailable signup options and primary signup actions are hidden.
    • Added a clear message when account creation is blocked, guiding users to sign in or contact an administrator.
    • Added localized messages across supported languages.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Prevented failed signup attempts from displaying a generic error when registration is disabled.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for disabled signup configurations, authentication errors, and localized user-facing behavior.

…bles sign-ups

When a server disables every signup/provision method, the welcome panel
no longer renders a Create account button destined for 403; Login is
promoted to the primary CTA. authGetToken now parses the JSON error body
of a failed POST /v1/auth and throws a typed AuthTokenRequestError, and
the welcome screen maps signup-disabled to a specific translated message
(new errors.signupDisabled key in all locales).

Fixes happier-dev#251
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Greptile Summary

This PR aligns the unauthenticated welcome screen with server-advertised signup capabilities and surfaces a specific message when signup becomes disabled during account creation.

  • Suppresses the primary signup action when no supported signup or provisioning method is enabled and promotes Login instead.
  • Adds a typed auth-token request error carrying HTTP status and server error code.
  • Adds localized signup-disabled messaging across all supported locales.
  • Adds route, integration, and auth-flow regression tests for the new behavior.

Confidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge with no actionable changed-code defects identified.

The capability-derived CTA visibility, typed server-error parsing, localized error handling, and tested fallback paths remain consistent with the surrounding authentication flow.

Important Files Changed

Filename Overview
apps/ui/sources/components/account/auth/useRemoteAuthEntryOptions.ts Adds an aggregate availability flag covering anonymous, provider, mTLS, and keyless primary entry paths.
apps/ui/sources/components/account/auth/RemoteWelcomeDecisionPanel.tsx Uses the aggregate flag to suppress an unsupported signup CTA and promote Login when signup is unavailable.
apps/ui/sources/auth/flows/getToken.ts Parses non-success auth responses into a typed error while preserving safe behavior for non-JSON bodies.
apps/ui/sources/app/(app)/index.tsx Maps the typed signup-disabled error to a localized modal and retains generic handling for other failures.
apps/ui/sources/tests/routes/(app)/index.signupMethods.spec.tsx Covers the key-challenge-login-only capability shape and verifies that no signup entry is rendered.
apps/ui/sources/tests/routes/(app)/unauth-shell.integration.test.tsx Verifies the user-facing message when account creation races a server-side signup disablement.
apps/ui/sources/auth/flows/getToken.authErrorBody.test.ts Covers typed JSON error extraction and the non-JSON fallback.

Sequence Diagram

sequenceDiagram
  participant U as User
  participant W as Welcome screen
  participant S as Server
  S-->>W: Advertise auth capabilities
  alt No signup method enabled
    W-->>U: Hide Create account and emphasize Login
  else Signup was advertised but becomes disabled
    U->>W: Create account
    W->>S: POST /v1/auth
    S-->>W: "403 {"error":"signup-disabled"}"
    W-->>U: Show localized signup-disabled message
  end
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The UI hides signup actions when all signup methods are disabled. Authentication errors now expose server error codes. Signup-disabled responses show localized guidance instead of a generic failure. Tests cover token parsing, welcome-screen visibility, and account creation behavior.

Changes

Signup-disabled authentication

Layer / File(s) Summary
Typed authentication error contract
apps/ui/sources/auth/flows/getToken.ts, apps/ui/sources/auth/flows/getToken.authErrorBody.test.ts
authGetToken now throws AuthTokenRequestError with the HTTP status and server error code. Tests cover JSON and non-JSON error responses.
Signup availability and error presentation
apps/ui/sources/components/account/auth/*, apps/ui/sources/app/(app)/index.tsx, apps/ui/sources/text/translations/*.ts
The welcome screen derives whether signup is available and promotes login when it is not. Account creation maps signup-disabled to a localized alert.
Signup-disabled UI coverage
apps/ui/sources/__tests__/routes/(app)/index.signupMethods.spec.tsx, apps/ui/sources/__tests__/routes/(app)/unauth-shell.integration.test.tsx
Tests verify that login remains visible while signup actions are hidden, and that signup-disabled account creation avoids login and shows the expected alert.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Mergeability Score: 🔵 Low · up to 5f5c8

The PR correctly hides unavailable signup actions and provides a specific localized error; the remaining risk is limited to a Portuguese translation that mixes regional wording, causing a minor copy-quality issue without functional impact.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant WelcomeScreen
  participant AuthServer
  participant createAccount
  User->>WelcomeScreen: Open authentication entry
  WelcomeScreen->>AuthServer: Read signup feature configuration
  AuthServer-->>WelcomeScreen: Signup methods disabled
  WelcomeScreen-->>User: Show login and hide signup actions
  User->>createAccount: Attempt account creation
  createAccount->>AuthServer: Request authentication token
  AuthServer-->>createAccount: 403 signup-disabled
  createAccount-->>User: Show localized signup-disabled alert
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #251 by hiding disabled signup actions, preserving typed server errors, showing a localized message, and adding tests.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The code, translations, and tests are directly related to the signup-disabled behavior described in issue #251.
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apps/ui/sources/__tests__/routes/(app)/index.signupMethods.spec.tsx (1)

243-290: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use action test IDs instead of translated text.

The assertions on t(...) do not test behavior that the following test-ID assertions do not already cover. Wait for welcome-secondary-login, then assert the presence or absence of the action test IDs.

Proposed test update
-        const { t } = await import('`@/text`');
         // Mirrors a real self-hosted shape (AUTH_ANONYMOUS_SIGNUP_ENABLED=0, no
@@
         getServerFeaturesSnapshotMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({ status: 'ready', features: loginOnly });
 
         const screen = await renderWelcomeScreen();
-        const loginTitle = t('welcome.welcomeSecondaryButton');
-        const textContent = await waitForWelcomeText(screen, loginTitle);
 
-        expect(textContent).toContain(loginTitle);
-        expect(textContent).not.toContain(t('welcome.createAccount'));
+        expect(await waitForWelcomeTestId(screen, 'welcome-secondary-login')).toBeGreaterThan(0);
         expect(screen.findAllByTestId('welcome-primary-start')).toHaveLength(0);
         expect(screen.findAllByTestId('welcome-create-account')).toHaveLength(0);
         expect(screen.findAllByTestId('welcome-signup-provider')).toHaveLength(0);
-        expect(screen.findAllByTestId('welcome-secondary-login').length).toBeGreaterThan(0);

As per coding guidelines, “Assert observable behavior and stable contracts, not incidental implementation details or exact user-facing prose.” Based on learnings: “Avoid brittle assertions on exact copy, colors, raw style objects, or implementation details unless they are the actual contract.”

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In `@apps/ui/sources/__tests__/routes/`(app)/index.signupMethods.spec.tsx around
lines 243 - 290, Update the login-only welcome-screen test around
renderWelcomeScreen to wait for the welcome-secondary-login test ID, then assert
the expected action test IDs: login is present and create-account is absent.
Remove the translated t('welcome.welcomeSecondaryButton') and
t('welcome.createAccount') text assertions and any textContent-based waiting.

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apps/ui/sources/__tests__/routes/(app)/unauth-shell.integration.test.tsx (1)

170-176: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Exercise the real authGetToken flow in this integration test.

Keep authGetToken and serverFetch real. Configure runtimeFetch to return 403 with { "error": "signup-disabled" } for /v1/auth, while preserving the existing mTLS response. Remove the manual AuthTokenRequestError construction.

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In `@apps/ui/sources/__tests__/routes/`(app)/unauth-shell.integration.test.tsx
around lines 170 - 176, Update the unauth-shell integration test to remove the
authGetToken module mock and exercise the real authGetToken and serverFetch
flows. Configure runtimeFetch to return a 403 response with the signup-disabled
error for /v1/auth while preserving the existing mTLS response, and remove
manual AuthTokenRequestError construction from the test.

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Inline comments:
In `@apps/ui/sources/text/translations/ca.ts`:
- Line 4304: Update the signupDisabled translation to use informal “tu”
imperative forms instead of the current “vosaltres/vós” forms, preserving the
existing meaning and surrounding wording.

In `@apps/ui/sources/text/translations/pt.ts`:
- Line 4682: Update the signupDisabled translation to use Brazilian Portuguese
consistently by replacing the European Portuguese terms “Inicie sessão” and
“registos” with the established Brazilian variants “Faça login” and “registros”.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@apps/ui/sources/__tests__/routes/`(app)/index.signupMethods.spec.tsx:
- Around line 243-290: Update the login-only welcome-screen test around
renderWelcomeScreen to wait for the welcome-secondary-login test ID, then assert
the expected action test IDs: login is present and create-account is absent.
Remove the translated t('welcome.welcomeSecondaryButton') and
t('welcome.createAccount') text assertions and any textContent-based waiting.

In `@apps/ui/sources/__tests__/routes/`(app)/unauth-shell.integration.test.tsx:
- Around line 170-176: Update the unauth-shell integration test to remove the
authGetToken module mock and exercise the real authGetToken and serverFetch
flows. Configure runtimeFetch to return a 403 response with the signup-disabled
error for /v1/auth while preserving the existing mTLS response, and remove
manual AuthTokenRequestError construction from the test.
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  • apps/ui/sources/text/translations/ru.ts
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- ca: use the informal tu imperative to match the rest of the locale
- pt: match the welcome screen's Brazilian-leaning phrasing
- signupMethods spec: assert action test IDs instead of translated prose
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Addressed the review in 5f5c847:

  • ca.ts / pt.ts copy — both fixed (see inline replies).
  • signupMethods spec: test IDs instead of translated text — accepted; the login-only test now waits on welcome-secondary-login and asserts only action test IDs.
  • unauth-shell: exercise the real authGetToken — declining this one. The suite-level vi.mock('@/auth/flows/getToken') predates this PR and is the file's established seam for every test in the route-shell suite; restructuring it for one case would churn the shared setup. The real authGetToken parsing path (403 JSON body → typed AuthTokenRequestError, plus the non-JSON fallback) is covered end-to-end at the fetch boundary in getToken.authErrorBody.test.ts; the integration test intentionally covers the remaining layer — the welcome screen mapping the real exported error class (via importOriginal) to the localized alert. Together the two tests cover the full path without double-covering the parse.

Validation after the fixes: UI typecheck (native TS7) pass; signupMethods + i18n structure lanes 14/14 pass.

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CI context for reviewers: every genuinely failing check on this PR reproduces identically on dev's own CI at the base commit (89d49bd64, run 31589703505): the same 7 jobs — Typecheck, Core E2E (fast), Release Contracts, CLI Tests, CLI + Server E2E, Shared Package Unit Tests, Installer Smoke (Windows) — and a job-by-job comparison shows no job that passes on base and fails here. "Trusted workflow ref guard" fails on every PR run by design (it only admits refs/heads/dev|preview|main workflow refs).

The remaining red rows are cancellations, not failures — the same fail-fast that also cancelled them on base's run (GitHub's PR checks UI renders cancelled as ✗):

  • Server Tests / Stack Tests: zero test failures before the cancel (the server job logged 548 passing assertions).
  • UI E2E shards 1–3: the handful of pre-cancel failures are all in suites untouched by this diff (composer action approvals, slash menu, Codex app-server, subagents panel, embedded PTY, automations). These suites last ran to completion on dev at f5044f518 (Aug 11, green); they have been cancelled on every dev run since, so their state on current dev is unobserved.
  • UI Tests: cancelled before reaching this PR's test files. All 31 test files that failed before the cancel are pre-existing dev breakage — a 3-file sample (ConnectionStatusControl.popover, unistylesStyleSheetImports, apiUsername) reproduces identically on an untouched dev checkout at the base commit.

The PR's own corridor was validated locally on the rebased base: UI typecheck (native TS7), the 29-test corridor unit lane, and the 4-test unauth-shell integration lane are green. Happy to rebase once dev is green if that's preferred.

Analysis produced with Claude (AI), directed by @hubikj.

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