Remove email confirmation field on signup

We want to remove unncessery fields from the sign up page to make
it easier for the user to sign up.

app/controllers/registrations_controller.rb

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class RegistrationsController < Devise::RegistrationsController
   end
 
   def sign_up_params
-    params.require(:user).permit(:username, :email, :email_confirmation, :name, :first_name, :last_name, :password)
+    params.require(:user).permit(:username, :email, :name, :first_name, :last_name, :password)
   end
 
   def resource_name

app/services/users/build_service.rb

@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ module Users
     def signup_params
       [
         :email,
-        :email_confirmation,
         :password_automatically_set,
         :name,
         :first_name,

app/views/devise/shared/_signup_box.html.haml

@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
       .form-group
         = f.label :email, class: 'label-bold'
         = f.email_field :email, value: @invite_email, class: "form-control middle", data: { qa_selector: 'new_user_email_field' }, required: true, title: _("Please provide a valid email address.")
-      .form-group
-        = f.label :email_confirmation, class: 'label-bold'
-        = f.email_field :email_confirmation, class: "form-control middle", data: { qa_selector: 'new_user_email_confirmation_field' }, required: true, title: _("Please retype the email address.")
       .form-group.append-bottom-20#password-strength
         = f.label :password, class: 'label-bold'
         = f.password_field :password, class: "form-control bottom", data: { qa_selector: 'new_user_password_field' }, required: true, pattern: ".{#{@minimum_password_length},}", title: _("Minimum length is %{minimum_password_length} characters.") % { minimum_password_length: @minimum_password_length }

changelogs/unreleased/nicolasdular-remove-confirmation-email.yml

+---
+title: Remove email confirmation field on signup form
+merge_request: 41813
+author:
+type: changed

config/initializers/8_devise.rb

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Devise.setup do |config|
   # Configure which authentication keys should be case-insensitive.
   # These keys will be downcased upon creating or modifying a user and when used
   # to authenticate or find a user. Default is :email.
-  config.case_insensitive_keys = [:email, :email_confirmation]
+  config.case_insensitive_keys = [:email]
 
   # Configure which authentication keys should have whitespace stripped.
   # These keys will have whitespace before and after removed upon creating or

ee/lib/ee/gitlab/scim/provisioning_service.rb

@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ module EE
             hash[:saml_provider_id] = @group.saml_provider.id
             hash[:group_id] = @group.id
             hash[:provider] = identity_provider
-            hash[:email_confirmation] = hash[:email]
             hash[:username] = valid_username
             hash[:password] = hash[:password_confirmation] = random_password
             hash[:password_automatically_set] = PASSWORD_AUTOMATICALLY_SET

ee/spec/features/signup_spec.rb

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ RSpec.describe 'Signup on EE' do
         fill_in 'new_user_name',                with: user_attrs[:name]
         fill_in 'new_user_username',            with: user_attrs[:username]
         fill_in 'new_user_email',               with: user_attrs[:email]
-        fill_in 'new_user_email_confirmation',  with: user_attrs[:email]
         fill_in 'new_user_password',            with: user_attrs[:password]
         check   'new_user_email_opted_in'
         click_button "Register"
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ RSpec.describe 'Signup on EE' do
         fill_in 'new_user_name',                with: user_attrs[:name]
         fill_in 'new_user_username',            with: user_attrs[:username]
         fill_in 'new_user_email',               with: user_attrs[:email]
-        fill_in 'new_user_email_confirmation',  with: user_attrs[:email]
         fill_in 'new_user_password',            with: user_attrs[:password]
         click_button "Register"
 
@@ -55,7 +53,6 @@ RSpec.describe 'Signup on EE' do
       fill_in 'new_user_name', with: user_attrs[:name].split(' ').first
       fill_in 'new_user_username', with: user_attrs[:username]
       fill_in 'new_user_email', with: user_attrs[:email]
-      fill_in 'new_user_email_confirmation', with: user_attrs[:email]
       fill_in 'new_user_password', with: user_attrs[:password]
       click_button 'Register'
       visit new_project_path
@@ -86,7 +83,6 @@ RSpec.describe 'Signup on EE' do
       fill_in 'new_user_name',                with: user_attrs[:name]
       fill_in 'new_user_username',            with: user_attrs[:username]
       fill_in 'new_user_email',               with: user_attrs[:email]
-      fill_in 'new_user_email_confirmation',  with: user_attrs[:email]
       fill_in 'new_user_password',            with: user_attrs[:password]
       click_button "Register"
 

locale/gitlab.pot

@@ -18735,9 +18735,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Please refer to %{docs_url}"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Please retype the email address."
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "Please select"
 msgstr ""
 

qa/qa/page/main/sign_up.rb

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ module QA
           element :new_user_name_field
           element :new_user_username_field
           element :new_user_email_field
-          element :new_user_email_confirmation_field
           element :new_user_password_field
           element :new_user_register_button
           element :new_user_accept_terms_checkbox
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ module QA
           fill_element :new_user_name_field, user.name
           fill_element :new_user_username_field, user.username
           fill_element :new_user_email_field, user.email
-          fill_element :new_user_email_confirmation_field, user.email
           fill_element :new_user_password_field, user.password
 
           check_element :new_user_accept_terms_checkbox if has_element?(:new_user_accept_terms_checkbox)

spec/features/invites_spec.rb

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ RSpec.describe 'Invites', :aggregate_failures do
     fill_in 'new_user_name', with: new_user.name
     fill_in 'new_user_username', with: new_user.username
     fill_in 'new_user_email', with: new_user.email
-    fill_in 'new_user_email_confirmation', with: new_user.email
     fill_in 'new_user_password', with: new_user.password
     click_button 'Register'
   end

spec/features/users/signup_spec.rb

@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ RSpec.shared_examples 'Signup' do
             fill_in 'new_user_last_name', with: new_user.last_name
           else
             fill_in 'new_user_name', with: new_user.name
-            fill_in 'new_user_email_confirmation', with: new_user.email
           end
 
           fill_in 'new_user_password', with: new_user.password
@@ -180,7 +179,6 @@ RSpec.shared_examples 'Signup' do
             fill_in 'new_user_last_name', with: new_user.last_name
           else
             fill_in 'new_user_name', with: new_user.name
-            fill_in 'new_user_email_confirmation', with: new_user.email
           end
 
           fill_in 'new_user_password', with: new_user.password
@@ -204,7 +202,6 @@ RSpec.shared_examples 'Signup' do
           fill_in 'new_user_last_name', with: new_user.last_name
         else
           fill_in 'new_user_name', with: new_user.name
-          fill_in 'new_user_email_confirmation', with: new_user.email.capitalize
         end
 
         fill_in 'new_user_password', with: new_user.password
@@ -230,7 +227,6 @@ RSpec.shared_examples 'Signup' do
           fill_in 'new_user_last_name', with: new_user.last_name
         else
           fill_in 'new_user_name', with: new_user.name
-          fill_in 'new_user_email_confirmation', with: new_user.email
         end
 
         fill_in 'new_user_password', with: new_user.password
@@ -260,14 +256,7 @@ RSpec.shared_examples 'Signup' do
       click_button "Register"
 
       expect(current_path).to eq user_registration_path
-
-      if Gitlab::Experimentation.enabled?(:signup_flow)
-        expect(page).to have_content("error prohibited this user from being saved")
-      else
-        expect(page).to have_content("errors prohibited this user from being saved")
-        expect(page).to have_content("Email confirmation doesn't match")
-      end
-
+      expect(page).to have_content("error prohibited this user from being saved")
       expect(page).to have_content("Email has already been taken")
     end
 
@@ -309,7 +298,6 @@ RSpec.shared_examples 'Signup' do
         fill_in 'new_user_last_name', with: new_user.last_name
       else
         fill_in 'new_user_name', with: new_user.name
-        fill_in 'new_user_email_confirmation', with: new_user.email
       end
 
       fill_in 'new_user_password', with: new_user.password
@@ -331,7 +319,6 @@ RSpec.shared_examples 'Signup' do
         fill_in 'new_user_last_name', with: new_user.last_name
       else
         fill_in 'new_user_name', with: new_user.name
-        fill_in 'new_user_email_confirmation', with: new_user.email
       end
 
       fill_in 'new_user_password', with: new_user.password
@@ -374,7 +361,6 @@ RSpec.shared_examples 'Signup' do
           fill_in 'new_user_last_name', with: new_user.last_name
         else
           fill_in 'new_user_name', with: new_user.name
-          fill_in 'new_user_email_confirmation', with: new_user.email
         end
 
         fill_in 'new_user_password', with: new_user.password
@@ -396,7 +382,6 @@ RSpec.shared_examples 'Signup' do
           fill_in 'new_user_last_name', with: new_user.last_name
         else
           fill_in 'new_user_name', with: new_user.name
-          fill_in 'new_user_email_confirmation', with: new_user.email
         end
 
         fill_in 'new_user_password', with: new_user.password
@@ -419,7 +404,6 @@ RSpec.shared_examples 'Signup' do
       fill_in 'new_user_last_name', with: new_user.last_name
     else
       fill_in 'new_user_name', with: new_user.name
-      fill_in 'new_user_email_confirmation', with: new_user.email
     end
 
     fill_in 'new_user_password', with: new_user.password