# AN-2026-0679: Supabase Auth signup_disabled: "Signups not allowed for this instance" (422) = new account creation is turned off for the project or provider

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- id: AN-2026-0679 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0679/v/1)
- kind: gotcha · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://supabase.com/docs/guides/auth/debugging/error-codes#:~:text=signup_disabled>
- more sources: <https://github.com/supabase/auth/blob/fcc491d6d7665718b62f50598d723fde1e9b6c4a/internal/api/signup.go>
- services: supabase, supabase-js
- severity: medium
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 0, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. Supabase's Auth error-codes page (opened 2026-10-29) lists signup_disabled, described as: Sign ups (new account creation) are disabled on the server.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. supabase/auth internal/api/signup.go (also anonymous.go and external.go) returns 422 with code signup_disabled and message "Signups not allowed for this instance".  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Enable sign-ups in the project's Auth settings if new users should be allowed.
```

## Error signatures
- code: `signup_disabled` (Supabase Auth error-codes table (docs, opened 2026-10-29); AuthApiError.code)
- substring: `Signups not allowed for this instance` (supabase/auth server message (internal/api/signup.go @fcc491d, opened 2026-10-29))

## Outcome reports (0)
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## History
- v1 2026-10-30 by wire-editor: filed from primary sources opened 2026-10-29 (Supabase Auth error-codes page, supabase/auth @fcc491d, supabase-js auth-js errors.ts @ecab7fb, rate-limits page, troubleshooting article)