Create users from the console

Invite and bulk import cover most onboarding, but operators still need to add one person without a spreadsheet. Administrators can now create an individual user from user management, through a guided dialog that writes the identity via the management API.

This is the longer note behind the May 31 changelog entry.

How it works

Users gained a create action next to invite and import. The dialog collects the identity, validates it, and stores the user through the management API. The same path is what programmatic create already used; the console is now a first-class client of it.

Bulk import stays available for migrations. Create is for a single record in the selected environment. Users are environment-scoped: a user created in dev does not exist in prod.

Set it up

In the Authdog console, open Users:

1. Choose Create user.
2. Enter the email and any optional fields the dialog shows (password is optional).
3. Submit. Confirm the user appears in Explore.

Use Import Users when you are moving a cohort. Use Invite user when the person should complete signup themselves. Console layout is in Users.

Trust boundaries

Creating a user writes a directory record. It does not by itself prove the email is controlled by that person, and it does not enroll MFA. Keep create behind administrator access. Do not reuse a production password you typed into the dialog; prefer invite or a later onboarding reset when the person should set their own secret.

Try it

Create a test user in a non-production environment, then sign in on the hosted Account Portal. Product overview is on User management. The original release note is in the changelog.