# Registration for new accounts is disabled on the ChatBrainz Matrix homeserver

**URL:** <https://community.metabrainz.org/t/registration-for-new-accounts-is-disabled-on-the-chatbrainz-matrix-homeserver/813678>\
**Category:** MetaBrainz\
**Tags:** chat, account, metabrainz, access, matrix\
**Created:** [November 5, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/registration-for-new-accounts-is-disabled-on-the-chatbrainz-matrix-homeserver/813678 "2025-11-05T20:57:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![fisherwithac](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/ccd318/32.png) [@fisherwithac](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/fisherwithac)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/registration-for-new-accounts-is-disabled-on-the-chatbrainz-matrix-homeserver/813678/1 "2025-11-05T20:57:23Z")

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![image](https://community.metabrainz.org/uploads/default/original/3X/e/e/ee249b6cb0b7b69336096fa6cb0c68c946e7fad2.png)

See screenshot above; I navigated to the Matrix homeserver using the link found on the MusicBrainz documentation for ChatBrainz.

I was also unable to find any posts on the forums saying that registration had been disabled for a given reason (i.e. spam).

Will this be re-enabled, or is the preferred method via IRC?

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**Author:** ![rdswift](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/rdswift/32/7032_2.png) [@rdswift](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/rdswift)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/registration-for-new-accounts-is-disabled-on-the-chatbrainz-matrix-homeserver/813678/2 "2025-11-05T21:23:51Z")

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You don’t need an account on `chatbrainz.org` if you already have a matrix account from another server such as `matrix.org`. You can use your existing account to use the various \*Brainz chat rooms.

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**Author:** ![fisherwithac](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/ccd318/32.png) [@fisherwithac](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/fisherwithac)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/registration-for-new-accounts-is-disabled-on-the-chatbrainz-matrix-homeserver/813678/3 "2025-11-05T21:46:52Z")

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That is true (and is a great benefit of the Matrix ecosystem)!

However, I currently don’t have a Matrix account on any other homeserver. And I’d imagine there might be others who don’t either.

My main question is: was it intentional to have account registration be disabled for the ChatBrainz server? Nothing in the MB docs, nor anywhere else I could find for that matter, states that the intent is for those wanting to use Matrix to use an account registered on another homeserver.

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**Author:** ![rdswift](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/rdswift/32/7032_2.png) [@rdswift](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/rdswift)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/registration-for-new-accounts-is-disabled-on-the-chatbrainz-matrix-homeserver/813678/4 "2025-11-05T22:00:54Z")

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I think that it was basically set up for the MetaBrainz staff and contractors, and was never open for other account registration. As I recall, the accounts had to be set up manually, although I could be mistaken. @lucifer would know for sure. I set up my account through `matrix.org`.