what finally fixed our api user approval flow

We were creating users through the REST API and leaving them stuck in a pending state. The part that finally worked was switching from a generic create call to a flow that also set the approval step the way our site expected.

First I verified the endpoint was creating the account correctly, then I checked the admin setting for new user approval. After that I added the approval step in our script so the account was created and approved in the same run. That removed the manual cleanup. The edge case was invite-only groups, which still needed a separate group assignment after creation.