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🐛 Bug Report: Console `/join` shows an endless spinner for invited users who are not signed in

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
72/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
docker, react, typescript
Domain
authentication, frontend

Research direction

Start in src/lib/react-query/hooks/auth.ts, at consoleAccountQueryOptions(), and check how the account query's retryOnMount default interacts with AuthFlowAccountSwitcher, which calls useAuth() on the accept screen. Reproduce by opening /join with membershipId, userId, secret and teamId while signed out. Done when the accept screen appears for a guest without the spinner looping, and sign-in and organization pages still load.

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Description

product / auth product / console product / databases product / messaging product / self-hosted product / sites product / storage
👟 Reproduction steps
  1. Self-hosted Appwrite 2.5.0 with Console image appwrite/new:1.2.74-self-hosted.
  2. Organization → Members → Invite a new email address.
  3. Open the invite link (/join?membershipId=…&userId=…&secret=…&teamId=…) in a private window, i.e. not signed in.
👍 Expected behavior

The "Accept invitation" screen is shown and the invite can be accepted, as in 1.1.107-self-hosted (fix for #13724).

👎 Actual Behavior

A spinner is shown indefinitely. GET /v1/account returns 401 once, no further requests are made, and there is no error in the browser console. Users who are already signed in are not affected.

Cause: a render loop on the invite screen.

  1. For a guest, the account query ends with 401, useAuth().isLoading becomes false, and the screen switches from loading to accept.
  2. The accept screen renders AuthFlowAccountSwitcher, which calls useAuth() again.
  3. The new observer refetches the failed query on mount, because retryOnMount defaults to true in consoleAccountQueryOptions() (src/lib/react-query/hooks/auth.ts).
  4. The screen returns to loading, the switcher unmounts, the cached 401 is replayed, and the cycle repeats.

Adding retryOnMount: false to consoleAccountQueryOptions() fixes it. With this change applied to 1.2.74-self-hosted, the invite is accepted normally, and sign-in and the organization pages keep working.

Console image Guest on /join
1.1.107-self-hosted works
1.1.159-self-hosted endless spinner
1.2.74-self-hosted endless spinner
🎲 Appwrite version

Different version (specify in environment)

💻 Operating system

Linux

🧱 Your Environment

Appwrite 2.5.0 (also reproduced with 2.3.0), self-hosted with Docker Compose, Console appwrite/new:1.2.74-self-hosted. Reproduced on a fresh installation without modifications.

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Related: #13724

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