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[Bug] After creating a community, app lands on "Join a community" and I can't get in #2367

Description

@howardpen9

Summary

I successfully created a community, but the desktop app still shows the Join a community screen and I cannot enter the community I just made. There is no obvious path from "created" → "I'm inside my community."

Screenshot

App is stuck on:

  • Title: Join a community
  • Subtitle: Enter the invite link or community…
  • Input placeholder: Invite link or community…
  • Helper text: Joining a private community? Some communities need the owner to add you… ID and send it to the community owner.

(I can attach the full screenshot in a follow-up comment if GitHub CLI didn't preserve it.)

Expected

After creating a community (as the owner/creator), I should land inside that community automatically — or at least see a clear next step like "Open my community" / the community URL / claim confirmation, not a blank join form that implies I need an invite to a place I just created.

Actual

Creation appears to succeed (or at least complete the create flow), then I'm dropped on Join a community with only:

  1. invite link / community ID input
  2. private-community owner-add messaging

I don't have an invite link for my own community, and the UI doesn't surface my community ID / URL after create, so I'm stuck outside.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Install / open Buzz Desktop (OSS build).
  2. Go through Create a community (hosted / Builderlab path).
  3. Finish create / claim flow.
  4. Return to the app.

Result: "Join a community" screen; cannot enter the community just created.

Environment

  • Client: Buzz Desktop (screenshot UI matches current onboarding join screen)
  • Path: create community → back in app → join screen
  • OS: macOS (happy to fill exact app version if needed)

Related

Adjacent onboarding friction (not the same bug, but same funnel):

Ask

Please treat this as a post-create handoff bug: creator should auto-join / auto-open their community, or the create success UI should give a copyable community URL/ID and a one-tap "Enter community" action.

Happy to provide more logs / exact version / another screenshot if useful.

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