docs: clarify email verification steps

[Yashisinghal285]

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This PR updates the Cloud getting-started documentation to clarify the email verification process.

• Explains verification using the verification code or link.
• Clarifies the behavior of verification links when using a custom domain.
• Adds guidance for older or expired verification links.

This PR fixes #1239

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Clarified that verification emails include both a verification code and a verification link.
  • Explained that email verification can be completed using either method.
  • Documented that custom-domain verification links remain on the organization’s domain.
  • Documented the 720-hour validity period and guidance for requesting new links when links are outdated or expired.

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The getting-started guide now explains that verification emails contain a code and a link. It states that either method completes verification. It retains custom-domain behavior, 720-hour link validity, and renewal guidance for expired or pre-fix links.

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Email verification documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Verification instructions content/en/cloud/getting-started/getting-started-with-layer5-account.md	The section documents verification by code or link. It clarifies custom-domain wording and retains the 720-hour validity period and instructions to request a new email for expired or pre-fix links.

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Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes

Change: Other · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: clarifying the email verification steps in the getting-started documentation.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The change satisfies issue #1239. The guide now states that the verification email contains a code and a link, and that either method completes verification. It documents that custom-domain links rema…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The reviewed change is limited to the Cloud getting-started email-verification section. Each documented change supports issue #1239. No unrelated change is demonstrated.
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In `@content/en/cloud/getting-started/getting-started-with-layer5-account.md`:
- Line 30: Update the verification-link warning near the existing 30-day
validity guidance to state that pre-fix links cannot be repaired only when used
on custom domains; do not imply this limitation applies to users on the default
domain, while preserving the instructions for expired links to request the
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[hiyach28]

ask you on the community channel, as you are the co-host. Can you be available

[leecalcote]

Thanks a bunch, @Yashisinghal285. 👍

Do you mind updating this verbiage to exclude mention of "Layer5" or "Layer5 Cloud"? In this way, the same documentation is applicable to and useful to users of fully white-labeled instances, like https://platform.tata-consulting.co.uk.

[Yashisinghal285]

Thanks, @leecalcote. I've updated the verification wording to remove the Layer5/Layer5 Cloud-specific references so that the documentation is applicable to fully white-labeled instances as well.

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In `@content/en/cloud/getting-started/getting-started-with-layer5-account.md`:
- Line 26: Update the account verification guidance after signup to document
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[jijillery]

Muse Code review: docs-only change to the Cloud getting-started guide's email-verification section. Overall this looks good and matches its linked issue.

What I verified:

• The touched section still exists on master in its old circular form (content/en/cloud/getting-started/getting-started-with-layer5-account.md:26 — "For more information, see "Verifying your email address.""), so the PR is neither stale nor already applied.
• The new text covers all three items asked for in Cloud getting-started §2 "Verifying your email address" is circular and omits the custom-domain caveat #1239: (1) the email contains both a code and a link and either completes verification, (2) custom-domain links stay on the organization's domain, (3) pre-fix/expired links plus the 720-hour validity and request-a-fresh-email remedy.
• White-label wording per @leecalcote's review: the added paragraphs contain no "Layer5"/"Layer5 Cloud" references.
• The pre-fix caveat is correctly scoped to custom domains only (addresses the earlier CodeRabbit inline note), and the PR is MERGEABLE with DCO/triage/CodeRabbit checks passing.

Findings (minor, non-blocking):

1. getting-started-with-layer5-account.md:30 — "request a new verification email" doesn't say how. I searched content/en/cloud for an existing resend flow or "verification email" doc to link and found none. If the product has a resend action, consider linking or naming it; if not, the sentence is fine as-is and this can be ignored.
2. Nit, getting-started-with-layer5-account.md:30 — "sent before the email-verification fix" is slightly vague (no release/date anchor). Optional tightening:

On custom domains, verification links sent before the email-verification fix was released cannot be completed. Verification links are valid for 720 hours (30 days). If your link expired — or was sent before the fix — request a new verification email and use the latest verification link.

No blocking issues; safe to merge once maintainers are happy with the wording.

[Yashisinghal285]

Thanks for the thorough review and suggestion, @jijillery!

I have updated the wording to incorporate the suggested tightening for the pre-fix release anchor and expired links.

[leecalcote]

Good work!

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