:loudspeaker: Email verification is now required for all users logging in to SonarQube Cloud through SAML SSO. This one time only step adds a layer of security to help protect our service and user accounts. :light_bulb: How does it work? The next time you log in through SAML SSO, a verification m…

Doesn’t Email validation per application in the enterprise defeats the very purpose of the organization’s SSO policy? In my organization, the elevated account used to access SonarQube cloud does not have an email Id tied to it. How do I bypass this step?

Thank you for reaching out @bimalpn , @Joe shared your concerns and will follow up directly with you.

[image] Bimal Nanda: Doesn’t Email validation per application in the enterprise defeats the very purpose of the organization’s SSO policy? In my organization, the elevated account used to access SonarQube cloud does not have an email Id tied to it. How do I bypass this step? I don’t have emai…

[image] Riccardomaccaferri: [image] bimalpn: Doesn’t Email validation per application in the enterprise defeats the very purpose of the organization’s SSO policy? In my organization, the elevated account used to access SonarQube cloud does not have an email Id tied to it. How do I bypass thi…

my org has also lost access to sonarcloud due to this change as we login via devops and even if they are legit azure tenant usernames, there are no email box, my colleague has already opened ticket with your support to hopefully get the email verification disabled only for our sc org or something el…

Hello @riccardomaccaferri — apologies for the delayed response. Just to clarify: we have not enabled MFA on SQC. Instead, we introduced a one-time email verification step to address a security gap we identified. Would it be possible for you to request a temporary mailbox just for the purpose of ve…

To be transparent, we hadn’t anticipated that many customers would be using SQC without a valid email address and mailbox, especially since several core features depend on having both. To better understand your use case and ensure we make more informed decisions moving forward, I’d appreciate it if…

Hi Community, I’m currently doing some research into this topic. I’d like to get on a call with customers who have been able to sign up/sign in to SonarQube Cloud with an email address that doesn’t have a mailbox behind it. We’re interested in understanding what the use case(s) are for customers se…

Hello Timothy, I’ve scheduled a meeting with you for today. We are new at SonarQube Cloud, with these email validation we are facing many problems regarding the access because we have users registrered in our Entra ID but they dont have email.

🔐 Email Verification Now Enabled for all SQC SAML SSO Users

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@anterokarttunen For users logging in through Azure DevOps, the process to unblock access by disabling email verification is outlined earlier in this thread. We are working on a long term solution.

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🔐 Email Verification Now Enabled for all SQC SAML SSO Users

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