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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• Documentation
  • Clarified that a verification email is sent to the account’s email address.
  • 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  • Documented the 720-hour validity period and guidance for requesting new links when links are outdated or expired.

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Walkthrough

The getting-started guide now states that a verification email is sent to the account email address. It retains custom-domain behavior, 720-hour link validity, and guidance to request a new email for affected or expired links.

Changes

Email verification documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Verification instructions content/en/cloud/getting-started/getting-started-with-layer5-account.md	The section removes the statement that verification emails contain both a code and a link. It simplifies the custom-domain wording and retains link validity and renewal guidance.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Other · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: hiyach28, leecalcote

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to b8c85

Users receive incomplete verification instructions, but the impact is limited to documentation and is straightforward to fix before merge.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check	⚠️ Warning	The current change remains within issue #1239 and retains the custom-domain and pre-fix-link guidance. It does not satisfy the requirement to explain that the email contains both a verification code a…	Update content/en/cloud/getting-started/getting-started-with-layer5-account.md to state that the verification email contains a code and a link, and that either method completes verification. Retain the custom-domain, 720-hour, and fresh-e…

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: clarifying email verification steps in the documentation.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The supplied whole-PR summary identifies changes only in the Cloud account setup guide's email-verification section. The changes address issue #1239, including its required custom-domain and stale-lin…
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…

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Explanation

The current change remains within issue #1239 and retains the custom-domain and pre-fix-link guidance. It does not satisfy the requirement to explain that the email contains both a verification code and a link, and that either method completes verification. The current section only states that a verification email is sent. No automated test requirement applies to this documentation change.

Resolution

Update content/en/cloud/getting-started/getting-started-with-layer5-account.md to state that the verification email contains a code and a link, and that either method completes verification. Retain the custom-domain, 720-hour, and fresh-email guidance.

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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
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on custom domains; do not imply this limitation applies to users on the default
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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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