OpenAI ChatGPT Registration — Browser Flow Details

Registration state machine (NextAuth)

chatgpt.com → click "Sign up" → email form
auth.openai.com/email-verification — submit email → get CSRF token → redirect
email-verification page — shows "Check your inbox" title initially
After OTP code received via IMAP → fill code → page transitions to:
"How old are you?" (age/DOB) — URL STILL has email-verification!
about_you — full name + birthdate form
"Finish creating account" button → redirect to chatgpt.com

Critical observation

After OTP is accepted, the page title changes to "How old are you? - OpenAI" but the URL remains https://auth.openai.com/email-verification. URL-based navigation detection fails — MUST check page.title().

Button text variants observed

OTP page: "Continue" (visible after code filled)
Age page: "Continue"
About you page: "Finish creating account" — different from "Continue"!

IMAP verification codes

Code format: 6 digits (e.g., 023178, 255115, 310238, 672062, 048042)
Received from: noreply@openai.com or similar
Subject typically contains "verification code" or "security code"
IMAP wait_for_code timeout: 120 seconds default
t-online.de emails are throttled/blocked by OpenAI (observed: 3/15 successful delivery)

DB schema (account_manager.db)

Key tables:

accounts — id, platform, email, password, user_id
account_credentials — account_id, scope, credential_type, key, value, is_primary
account_overviews — lifecycle_status, validity_status, plan_state
provider_settings — IMAP config in config_json (imap_pool_file, imap_host, imap_port)
tasks — id, type, status, progress_current/total, success_count, error_count

Provider settings fix done

Changed imap_pool_file from C:/Users/User/Desktop/solenne_de_emails.txt to C:/Users/User/Desktop/GPT-AUTOREG/emails.txt in provider_settings.config_json.

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