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On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 3:02 PM Russell Spitzer <[email protected]> wrote: > You should be able to make non-expiring links, they do have a 400 joiners > per link limit though. Still an issue but not really that bad imho. Would be > nice to have something automatedly check if the link is expired (which > anyone with admin credentials can do) and raise a new pr for a new one if is > out of invites. > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 1:27 PM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> To avoid spam/flood, the Slack invite link we create is only valid for 30 >> days (that's a "protection" from Slack). >> >> It means that we should update the website every month to update the >> invite. >> >> Some Apache projects (like Apache Pinot) are using Community Inviter: >> >> https://communityinviter.com/ >> >> Here's the example for Apache Pinot: >> https://communityinviter.com/apps/apache-pinot/apache-pinot >> >> The principal is that we register an "admin" email address (basically the >> PMC/private mailing list). >> People can ask for the invite on communityinviter and then the PMC >> approve/decline the request. >> >> No need to update the Slack invite directly on the website anymore, the >> communityinviter link is always valid (and moderated). >> >> Thoughts ? >> >> PS: for the Iceberg community member, Iceberg Slack has exactly the same >> "issue". I would be happy to propose the same approach to the Iceberg >> community. >> >> Regards >> JB >> >
