Thanks for bringing up this epic in the conversation phkai. I'm a PM at GitLab for our Auth group and am working on the `Optional Admin Approval for local user

Thanks for bringing up this epic in the conversation phkai. I'm a PM at GitLab for our Auth group and am working on the `Optional Admin Approval for local user sign up` feature. I'm happy to tell y'all that we shipped the first iteration of this in our 13.5 release. You can find more information in our release blog https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2020/10/22/gitlab-13-5-released/#required-approval-for-new-user-registration https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2020/10/22/gitlab-13-5-rel... . I've also updated the epic with more information about its current status https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/4491#status-update https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/4491#status-upd....