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Adds a dedicated guide for inviting people into a Kinde organization from your own application with the Management API, covering create, list, get, and revoke, plus send_email vs delivering invite_link yourself.

This change also:

  • Documents prerequisites (Allow invitations, invite application with an Application login URI) and the M2M scopes create:organization_invites, read:organization_invites, and delete:organization_invites.
  • Explains role keys vs role objects in the response, sender resolution when Kinde sends the email, listing/pagination filters, and that there is no resend endpoint.
  • Notes directory-sync and duplicate-member/pending-invite limits, and how invited users can sign up even when self sign-up is off.
  • Cross-links the new page from the org self-serve portal, access policies, add/edit users, and the invitations webhook docs, and clarifies when to use the webhook instead.

Corrections against platform behaviour

Follow-up pass to match verified handler/spec behaviour:

  • An invitation bypasses environment-level Allow self sign-up, but organization-level sign-up is still enforced (off by default). Added as a prerequisite, with a link to Manage user sign up to organizations.
  • is_sent: true means the email was queued, not delivered. A 201 with send_email: true can still return is_sent: false. No invitation webhook events exist — user.created or accepted_on is the join signal.
  • Documented per-organization rate limits (100 / rolling 24h, 500 outstanding) and a create-endpoint error code table. HTTP status codes are intentionally omitted.
  • Invitation email wording is fixed (not editable, not translatable; subject currently mentions Kinde). send_email: false plus delivering invite_link is the route to full copy control.
  • Field limits, roles must be a JSON array, invitations do not expire automatically, and revoked links look expired to the invitee.

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Supersedes #803, which GitHub closed automatically when the source branch was renamed from t3code/docs-organization-invitation-guides to update/docs-organization-invitation-guides.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Documentation
    • Expanded guidance for inviting users to organizations through the Management API, including setup, constraints, errors, rate limits, and email delivery options.
    • Added setup steps, screenshots, API examples, and self-service portal guidance.
    • Clarified invitation restrictions for directory-synced organizations and existing or pending members.
    • Added cross-references across invitation, access policy, and user management guides.
    • Clarified webhook usage, including support for existing users added to organizations.
    • Updated invitation error states to distinguish revoked codes as “Invitation expired.”

- Document creating, listing, getting, and revoking org invites via the Management API
- Link related portal, access-policy, add-user, and webhook pages to the new guide
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The PR expands documentation for organization invitations through the Kinde Management API. It adds setup steps, API constraints, error codes, webhook guidance, invitation restrictions, and revoked invitation-code behavior.

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Management API invitation guide
src/content/docs/manage-users/add-and-edit/invite-users-to-org.mdx
Adds prerequisites, setup steps, API examples, invitation constraints, rate limits, sender requirements, and endpoint error codes.
Invitation guidance and restrictions
src/content/docs/build/..., src/content/docs/manage-users/add-and-edit/add-and-edit-users.mdx
Links to the invitation guide and documents directory-sync restrictions and duplicate invitation conditions.
Webhook and invitation states
src/content/docs/manage-users/add-and-edit/send-invitations-webhook.mdx, src/content/docs/authenticate/custom-configurations/invited-user-experience.mdx
Updates webhook guidance for new and existing users and documents revoked invitations as expired.

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Platform confirmation before merge

Three things to confirm on the platform side. Easy to action as a batch.

1. Org-level sign-up vs invitations

The guide now says an invitation bypasses the environment-level Allow self sign-up setting, but the organization-level sign-up setting is still enforced — if the target organization isn't accepting sign-ups, the invitee is blocked.

The intent appears to be that invitations bypass the org-level check too. The invite exemption exists at the membership-creation step but not at the earlier authorization gate, so this may be a platform bug rather than a documentation gap.

Please run an invite into an organization with sign-ups off before merge. If invitations do bypass the org-level check, the “What the invited person sees” / Before you start wording should revert toward the previous environment-only claim.

2. Rate-limit HTTP status codes

The docs list INVITE_LIMIT_DAILY_REACHED and INVITE_LIMIT_ACTIVE_REACHED as code values only. HTTP status codes are intentionally omitted because the OpenAPI spec and the handler appear to disagree. Please confirm the statuses actually returned before we document them.

3. Management API deep links

The four See [...](/kinde-apis/management#tag/organizations/...) links assume the published API reference includes these operations:

  • POST /api/v1/organization/{org_code}/invites
  • GET /api/v1/organization/{org_code}/invites
  • GET /api/v1/organization/{org_code}/invites/{invite_code}
  • DELETE /api/v1/organization/{org_code}/invites/{invite_code}

There's reason to think the published reference may be built from a spec artefact that predates them. Please confirm all four resolve on the preview deploy (or production API reference) before merge.

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In `@src/content/docs/manage-users/add-and-edit/invite-users-to-org.mdx`:
- Around line 153-159: Update the sender-order list near the “send_email”
guidance to state that an organization-specific sender requires a custom SMTP
email provider with provider details configured for that sender address, while
preserving the existing sender precedence and links.
- Around line 193-195: Align the invitation outcome descriptions in the relevant
sections of invite-users-to-org.mdx and invited-user-experience.mdx so revoked
invitation links consistently state that users see the expired-invitation
message. Remove or revise the conflicting generic “Invitation code not usable”
wording, while preserving accurate behavior for accepted or otherwise unusable
codes.
- Line 92: Update the role-assignment guidance in the invite-users documentation
to state that explicit role assignment requires the caller or represented user
to hold the necessary permission, and that Kinde-hosted plans require the
extended_roles entitlement for roles other than owner and admin.

In `@src/content/docs/manage-users/add-and-edit/send-invitations-webhook.mdx`:
- Line 35: Update the webhook example description to cover only newly created
users, or add the corresponding user.updated flow for existing users added to an
organization; do not imply that user.created captures membership changes.
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Clarify role-assignment and SMTP sender prerequisites, align revoked-invitation messaging, and scope webhook examples to user.created vs user.updated.

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Platform confirmation update

  1. Management API deep links — the published spec at https://api-spec.kinde.com/kinde-management-api-spec.yaml includes all four operations (POST/GET list, GET one, DELETE). The guide hashes match Scalar’s #tag/organizations/{method}/api/v1/organization/{org_code}/invites pattern. Preview is behind Cloudflare Access so I couldn’t click the rendered reference there.

  2. Org-level sign-up vs invitations — still needs a live invite into an org with sign-ups off. Docs wording is unchanged.

  3. Rate-limit HTTP status codes — still omitted pending a live handler check.

CodeRabbit’s four review comments are addressed in db8ed9a0.

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Went through the diff, the API spec, and all four CR threads on this one. Everything CR flagged is actually fixed in db8ed9a0 - checked the diff directly, not just thread status. Cross-checked the new page's API claims (scopes, field limits, response shape, role-assignment/extended_roles wording) against the live management API spec and it all lines up. relatedArticles and cross-links all resolve to the right pages. Good to merge - the org-level-sign-up-bypass question you flagged in your own comment is the one thing still open, but that's a live-environment check on your side, not a docs issue.

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In `@src/content/docs/manage-users/add-and-edit/invite-users-to-org.mdx`:
- Line 89: Update both cited locations in
src/content/docs/manage-users/add-and-edit/invite-users-to-org.mdx (lines 89 and
258) to retain the organization-level Allow registrations requirement,
clarifying that invitations bypass environment-level Allow self sign-up but
still require organization registrations to be enabled for invited users to
complete registration.

In `@src/content/docs/manage-users/add-and-edit/send-invitations-webhook.mdx`:
- Line 45: Update the user.updated guidance to require local membership-state
tracking and comparison of the incoming organizations array against stored
memberships before sending organization notifications, so role or permission
updates do not trigger welcome emails.

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1. Go to **Settings > Environment > Webhooks** and select **Add webhook**.
2. Fill in the name and details, and select an endpoint for receiving the hook. This might be in your product.
3. Choose the `user.created` event trigger.
3. Choose the `user.created` event trigger for new accounts. If you also want to notify existing users when they're added to an organization, add `user.updated`.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

🌐 Web query:

In the current Kinde user.updated webhook schema, what reliable payload field or documented process identifies that a user was newly added to a specific organization rather than having roles or permissions changed?

💡 Result:

In the current Kinde user.updated webhook schema, there is no direct or explicitly documented flag or payload field that distinguishes whether a user was added to an organization versus having their roles or permissions changed [1]. The user.updated event is triggered for both scenarios: when a user is added to an organization and when their roles or permissions within an existing organization are modified [1]. Because the webhook provides the current state of the user's organizations array (including nested roles and permissions) but not a "diff" or an "event reason" field, you must implement a state-tracking mechanism to identify specific changes [2][1]. To reliably identify if a user was newly added to an organization, you should: 1. Maintain a local database or cache of the user's current organization memberships (e.g., storing the set of organization codes currently associated with the user). 2. Upon receiving a user.updated webhook, compare the organizations array in the incoming payload against your locally stored state [2][1]. 3. Determine that a user was newly added if an organization code appears in the webhook payload that was not present in your local records for that user. This approach is necessary because the Kinde webhook payload contains only the updated snapshot of the user's profile and organization assignments, rather than explicit metadata detailing the cause of the update [2][3].

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Filter user.updated before sending an organization notification.

user.updated can also result from role or permission changes. The payload has the current organization state, but no documented change reason or membership-transition flag. Document local state tracking and compare the incoming organizations array with stored memberships before sending the email. Otherwise, unrelated updates can trigger welcome emails.

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In `@src/content/docs/manage-users/add-and-edit/send-invitations-webhook.mdx` at
line 45, Update the user.updated guidance to require local membership-state
tracking and comparison of the incoming organizations array against stored
memberships before sending organization notifications, so role or permission
updates do not trigger welcome emails.

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