[#41851] Blank Email reminders page when creating account manually

app/controllers/account_controller.rb

@@ -300,20 +300,15 @@ class AccountController < ApplicationController
     session[:auth_source_registration] = nil
 
     if @user.nil?
-      @user = User.new(language: Setting.default_language)
+      @user = assign_user_attributes({ language: Setting.default_language })
     elsif user_with_placeholder_name?(@user)
-      # force user to give their name
       @user.firstname = nil
       @user.lastname = nil
     end
   end
 
   def self_registration!
-    if @user.nil?
-      @user = User.new
-      @user.admin = false
-      @user.register
-    end
+    @user = assign_user_attributes({ admin: false, status: User.statuses[:registered] }) if @user.nil?
 
     return if enforce_activation_user_limit(user: user_with_email(@user))
 
@@ -329,6 +324,13 @@ class AccountController < ApplicationController
     end
   end
 
+  def assign_user_attributes(attrs)
+    Users::SetAttributesService
+      .new(model: User.new, user: current_user, contract_class: EmptyContract)
+      .call(attrs)
+      .result
+  end
+
   def register_plain_user(user)
     user.attributes = permitted_params.user.transform_values do |val|
       if val.is_a? String

spec/controllers/account_controller_spec.rb

@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ describe AccountController, type: :controller do
           expect(subject).to respond_with :success
           expect(response).to render_template :register
           expect(assigns[:user]).not_to be_nil
+          expect(assigns[:user].notification_settings.size).to eq(1)
         end
       end