---
id: multi-user/no-way-to-create-a-second-account
title: "No way to create a second account"
theme: multi-user
status: done
created: 2026-08-11
date_source: stated
order: 7
---

**No way to create a second account.** Fixed 2026-08-11 on `sidecar-app-store`: `POST /api/users`
(`api/users/create-user.ts`, owner-gated) plus an Add-account form in
Settings → User management. Created accounts are `status: 'Active'` — the column defaults to
`'Unverified'` and `signin.ts` refuses anything else with a bare UNAUTHORIZED, which is the trap
the hand-INSERT route fell into. The owner sets the password and reads it out; `passwordChangedAt`
stays null. Directories come from the shared `provisionUserDirs`/`USER_DIRS` in `data-path.ts`,
which `scripts/provision-user-dirs.ts` now imports rather than restating.