First Steps
You can redeem a team invitation and see the seat's licence tier in the Project Manager.
A team invitation gives your KOSMA account the licence tier of a seat in the team. It gives you no access to a project: for each project, the project's owner adds you as a guest.
You need the invitation code and a web browser. If you have the invitation email, you can instead click the link in it and continue at step 4. You do not need the KOSMA app for that.
Before you sign in, click **Enter invitation code** on the sign-in screen. After you sign in, choose **Redeem Team Invitation…** in the **Project** menu.
Type or paste your code into the **Invitation code** field.
Click **Redeem**. KOSMA opens the redeem page on kosma.io in your default browser. If you are already signed in on kosma.io with the invited address, the page activates your seat at once, and you continue at step 5. Otherwise the page shows the team, the tier of your seat and the address the invitation was sent to.
Click **I already have an account**, or **Create account** if you have no KOSMA account yet. The sign-in form already contains the invited address. Sign in or register with that address. KOSMA does not accept any other address. The browser then returns to the redeem page, which activates your seat without another click and shows:
Your seat is active. Your licence is ready. Open KOSMA and sign in to start working.
If KOSMA is not installed yet, click **Download it here** on the page. Otherwise, click **Open KOSMA**, or switch to the KOSMA window yourself. If you are signed in to KOSMA, KOSMA checks your licence again when its window comes to the front. If you are not, sign in as described in [log in to KOSMA](/kb/article/log-in-to-kosma). In the Project Manager, **License** then shows the tier of your seat, and **Renewal** shows the date the team's seats renew.
**If the page shows Wrong account.** You are signed in on kosma.io with an address other than the invited one. Click **Sign out and switch account** and sign in with the invited address. The page then returns to the invitation and activates your seat.
**If the page shows This seat is already active.** You redeemed this invitation before and opened its link again. Your seat is active. Click **Open KOSMA** and sign in.
The text below the title names the reason:
- The page cannot find the code: open the link in your invitation email again, or paste the code from the email into **Invitation code** again. - The seat was removed or has ended: ask your team admin. If you had already redeemed the seat, the section "When your seat ends" below explains what this means for your account. - Your address already has a seat in another team: ask the admin who invited you. An address belongs to one team only, also during the 7 days before KOSMA deletes an account.
**If you closed the browser too early.** Nothing changes on your account until you sign in on the redeem page with the invited address. Start again at step 1, or click the link in your invitation email.
**If the Project Manager still shows the old tier.** KOSMA checks the licence at most once every 30 seconds. Wait 30 seconds, switch to another window and then back to KOSMA.
What happens to your account depends on how the seat ends:
- If the team's subscription ends, every seat of the team ends. Your licence becomes **Free**, and your KOSMA account stays. - If the team admin does not renew your seat, your licence becomes **Free** on the renewal date. Seven days later, KOSMA deletes your account. - If the team admin removes you from your seat, your licence becomes **Free** at once, and you get an email. KOSMA reminds you by email on day 5 and deletes your account on day 7.
For what you can do on **Free**, see [what your licence includes](/kb/article/what-your-licence-includes).
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