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Grant waitlist GitHub access from a Railway email array - #79
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SYNCIDIAN_GITHUB_ALLOWED_EMAILS accepts a JSON array, commas, or one email per line so Railway can admit specific waitlist people without opening GitHub sign-in to everyone. Co-authored-by: Shangeeth Sivan <shangeethsivan@users.noreply.github.com>
The Waitlist page never writes the allowlist. It only builds SYNCIDIAN_GITHUB_ALLOWED_EMAILS so operators can paste it into Railway Variables after admitting someone from the waitlist. Co-authored-by: Shangeeth Sivan <shangeethsivan@users.noreply.github.com>
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GitHub sign-in access stays in Railway (
SYNCIDIAN_GITHUB_ALLOWED_EMAILS). The app never stores that list. Joining the waitlist still only records the email.How to admit someone
On the Railway service, set:
Commas and one email per line also work. The older
SYNCIDIAN_GITHUB_ALLOWED_EMAILvariable is still accepted and merged. An empty value still means anyone can sign in.After you save the variable, Railway redeploys and that GitHub account can complete OAuth (six-tap reveal on the landing page). Everyone else stays on the waitlist.
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The operator Waitlist page cannot grant access itself. It builds the next
SYNCIDIAN_GITHUB_ALLOWED_EMAILSvalue from the current environment list plus people you add, then copies it so you can paste it into Railway → Variables. Access applies on the next deploy.