Let people join without an account (session link)

Create a session link

A session lets people join your room for a limited time without creating a Pactto account. You share one link; each person who opens it enters their name and email, asks to join, and waits until you admit them.

Who can do this: the room owner and people with Can edit. Creating sessions is part of the Pro plan.

1. In the room, click Share to open the Share room dialog.
2. Under Session, click Create session.
3. The block shows Active, the link, and Expires followed by the date and time the session ends.
4. Click Copy link next to the link and send it to your guests.
5. When a guest asks to join, you see "<name> wants to join the room". Click Admit to let them in or Decline to refuse. See Join a room and the waiting room.

Session access lasts for 24 hours. Guests enter with Can view and appear in Room members as Name (Guest).

End a session

1. Open the Share room dialog.
2. Under Session, click End session.
3. In End session?, click End session again to confirm (or Cancel). The session ends immediately, its link stops working, and no one can join or re-enter the room through it.

After you end a session, Pactto removes the guests who joined through it. The block shows Previous session ended with the time, and Create new session lets you start a new one with a new link.

If something goes wrong

• Create sessions with a Pro plan: your plan does not include sessions. If an Upgrade to Pro button is shown, click it to see plans.
• "Session ended, but N guests are still in the room. Remove them under Room members": some guests could not be removed automatically. Remove them yourself in the Share dialog. See Room roles and permissions.
• "Failed to create the session" or "Failed to end the session": try again.
• "You have reached the 20 participants limit": 20 people are already in the room, so you cannot create or copy a session link right now. See Room capacity.

Good to know

• A guest cannot get Can edit until they have a Pactto account. You can raise a guest to Can review, or send them an invitation with Invite to Pactto.
• To give someone lasting access instead, invite them by email. See Invite people to a room.