This can happen when the slack invite expires; Slack reverts back to an "approved domain". We had to regenerate the Slack invite for Iceberg.
Best, Kevin Liu On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 2:40 PM Dmitri Bourlatchkov <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Innocent, > > Indeed, the Polaris Spack Workspace has the "Let people with approved email > addresses join this workspace" option turned on and restricted to " > apache.org" now. > > JB: IIRC this did not used to be the case. All email domains used to be > allowed. Do you know if there was an ASF policy change on that? > > Thanks, > Dmitri. > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM Innocent Djiofack <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi Dmitri, > > > > As Data life mentioned, when trying to get to the slack the following > > message shows up if the user does not have an apache domain address. > > [image: image.png] > > > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 10:50 AM Dmitri Bourlatchkov <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi Innocent, > >> > >> There's an Slack invite link on https://polaris.apache.org/community/ > >> > >> Please let us know if it doesn't work. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Dmitri. > >> > >> On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 12:30 PM Innocent Djiofack < > [email protected] > >> > > >> wrote: > >> > >> > Hi JB, > >> > > >> > Is there a way I can get the slack invite please? > >> > > >> > On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 5:35 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected] > > > >> > wrote: > >> > > >> > > Hi, > >> > > > >> > > For Slack, we can invite you to the Polaris workspace using your > email > >> > > address. > >> > > > >> > > You are also welcome to ask questions on the dev mailing list. We > have > >> > > discussed creating a dedicated user mailing list for these types of > >> > > inquiries in the future. GitHub Discussions is another option, > though > >> I > >> > > personally do not monitor it as closely. > >> > > > >> > > You raise a good point regarding the clarity of where to ask > >> questions. > >> > > Updating the website could help address this, and I will start a > >> separate > >> > > thread to discuss that, as well as the ASF Slack and the creation > of a > >> > user > >> > > mailing list. > >> > > > >> > > Regards, > >> > > JB > >> > > > >> > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 6:46 AM Data Life <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > Hi all, > >> > > > > >> > > > I need your help in figuring out what is a correct place to ask > help > >> > from > >> > > > community for questions or problems related to Polaris > >> configurations. > >> > > > > >> > > > Slack channel somehow asks me to have a working "apache.org " > email > >> > > > address > >> > > > to join the channel, which I do not have. > >> > > > > >> > > > And I am not sure if " GitHub discussion " is for either > >> > > developers/roadmap > >> > > > deleted questions or this email list is the correct forum? > >> > > > > >> > > > Thank you for your help, > >> > > > D. > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > > >> > *DJIOFACK INNOCENT* > >> > *"Be better than the day before!" -* > >> > *+1 404 751 8024* > >> > > >> > > > > > > -- > > > > *DJIOFACK INNOCENT* > > *"Be better than the day before!" -* > > *+1 404 751 8024* > > >
