Invitation link to Slack is missing

[tbabej]

The README page mentions the slack channel https://qiskit.slack.com, but does not provide an actual invitation link to join. This turns out to be a hard gem to find on the internet, as invitation links eventually expire. All of the following blog posts contain expired Slack invitation links:

https://medium.com/qiskit/qiskit-turns-one-looking-back-cbc2c48d7a95
https://developer.ibm.com/blogs/2018/09/07/join-quantum-community/

[atilag]

Hi @tbabej!
qiskit.org should always have a valid invitation link.
I think we might want to link to the front-page in future articles, instead of just putting a link in there.

Thanks for reporting!

[tbabej]

Thanks for pointing that out @atilag !

However, the link on the qiskit.org is inactive too, unfortunately.

[1ucian0]

Confirmed. I created Qiskit/qiskit.org#56 for updating the web. This issue for updating the documentation.

[1ucian0]

The link to the invitation without expiration is:

https://join.slack.com/t/qiskit/shared_invite/enQtNDc2NjUzMjE4Mzc0LTMwZmE0YTM4ZThiNGJmODkzN2Y2NTNlMDIwYWNjYzA2ZmM1YTRlZGQ3OGM0NjcwMjZkZGE0MTA4MGQ1ZTVmYzk

[atilag]

Qiskit/qiskit.org#57 has been merged. Closing this issue.
Thanks @tbabej and @1ucian0 !

[1ucian0]

Re-opeining, so the link in the README file of the repo is also updated.

[1ucian0]

fixed in pending PR: 509312d

[1ucian0]

Fixed in #1254. Thanks @tbabej !

[vaibhavsingh1993]

The link to the invitation without expiration is:

https://join.slack.com/t/qiskit/shared_invite/enQtNDc2NjUzMjE4Mzc0LTMwZmE0YTM4ZThiNGJmODkzN2Y2NTNlMDIwYWNjYzA2ZmM1YTRlZGQ3OGM0NjcwMjZkZGE0MTA4MGQ1ZTVmYzk

Seems like the link is dead again :(

[shahzebanwar]

Do we have an active link to join the channel?

[1ucian0]

This one should be always updated
https://ibm.co/joinqiskitslack

[wzhu8]

:( inactive again

[1ucian0]

Fixed! Thanks for let us know!

[tysm]

Hi, the links I've found are expired as well, would you provide a valid one?

[pratapwarrohit13]

@1ucian0 slack link is dead again

[1ucian0]

it does work to me @pratapwarrohit13 . Do you mind checking again?

[pratapwarrohit13]

it does work to me @pratapwarrohit13 . Do you mind checking again?

Thanks @1ucian0 its working

[johnlager]

Hi, do you guys have a valid invitation link?

[MajorCarrot]

Hi, the link seems to be dead again (on all platforms). Can this be fixed? Thanks!

[lerongil]

This is fixed. See this link: https://ibm.co/joinqiskitslack

[MajorCarrot]

Thanks. It is working now!

[rtindru]

None of these links are working anymore :(

[ju619]

Can we please get an updated link? The invite link in the Qiskit event email that just went out also has a dead invite.

[jakelishman]

Is https://ibm.co/joinqiskitslack working again? I believe @lerongil just refreshed its sign-up limit a few days ago.

(There's an unfortunate limit from Slack itself that causes the link to die after some number of registrations have occurred through it, and we have to generate a new invitation.)

[ju619]

Perfect thanks it's working now, i'm in!

[Fation2070]

Is there a new invitation link here that I can use? They all seem to have expired again.

[Fation2070]

@lerongil can you help me?

[fvelazquez-X]

In the Qiskit Advocate 2022 form they provide a link to have an slack but is dead. Can somebody help a bit on this?

[jakelishman]

The links should have been refreshed again. We're still unfortunately limited by Slack, which deactivates a link once 100 people have used it to sign up. Please keep commenting here if the links die again, and we'll get them refreshed.

[Harrison-Z1000]

This one should be always updated https://ibm.co/joinqiskitslack

This link worked for me. Thank you!!

[r-taeja]

Hi.! The link is down. Could it please be refreshed? Thanks! @jakelishman @lerongil

[r-taeja]

This one should be always updated
https://ibm.co/joinqiskitslack

Hey again! This link is working now. Thank you so much!

[kibrahim757]

Hi , it seems that the link is down again , can you refresh it ? @jakelishman , @lerongil , Thanks

[kibrahim757]

it is working now , thanks

[Arhaan]

Hi, can you refresh the link once again? @jakelishman @lerongil
Thanks

[ianmcloughlin]

Can you please refresh the link once again again?
Many thanks.

[jakelishman]

Sorry for the delay - should be updated again now.

[HuangJunye]

For future reference, we have switched the link, please use https://qisk.it/join-slack in the future.

[Shurtu-gal]

Not working @HuangJunye

[jakelishman]

@Shurtu-gal: I've just updated it, thanks. It could take up to a couple of hours to propagate - let us know if it doesn't work after that.

[Shurtu-gal]

Yeah, it's working now. Thanks.

[sameerarora1]

Hey, I've tried the Slack invites at the following webpages, but they're all inactive:

• https://qisk.it/join-slack
• https://ibm.co/joinqiskitslack
• https://www.ibm.com/quantum/qiskit

Can anyone send an active one? Or possibly redirect me towards an active one?
Thank you!

[jakelishman]

Hi there - sorry about that, the Slack link had expired and I'd lost the notification telling me to remake it. https://qisk.it/join-slack should be working again now (may take an hour or two for the redirect to fully propagate).

[sameerarora1]

No worries, thank you!