Hi Russ In the Slack documentation, I see:
"Each invite link is active for 30 days, and can be used by up to 400 people. If your invite link expires, find an owner or admin who can manage invite links in Slack. Keep in mind, anyone who clicks the link will be able to join your workspace." However, on Polaris Slack workspace I just changed the link to never expires (it was set to 30 days, the default). For the record, here's what I did: - on the Polaris workspace menu, click on "Invite people to Apache-Polaris" - Click on "Invite link", then "Edit link settings" appear - Set to "Never expires" for "Link set to expire after ..." The invite link is: https://join.slack.com/t/apache-polaris/shared_invite/zt-3txht5g9x-9NYK98fK6hk40bOaWGW83Q I guess we have to update the website as the link changed. It should be good enough. Let's see if it's sufficient. Thanks Regards JB On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 10:03 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 > >
