Merge pull request #3902 from Nixxx19/nityam/signup-dev-ux

Fix: signup dev UX when verification email fails (Fixes #3901)

Author: raclim

server/controllers/user.controller/signup.ts

@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ export const createUser: RequestHandler<
         res.json(userResponse(user));
       } catch (mailErr) {
         console.error(mailErr);
-        res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to send verification email.' });
+        if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
+          res.json(userResponse(user));
+        } else {
+          res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to send verification email.' });
+        }
       }
     });
   } catch (err) {