userisActive

UserisActive is a boolean attribute used in software systems to indicate whether a user account is currently active and permitted to interact with the system. The exact field name varies by project and language; isActive, is_active, and userIsActive are common variants. In this article, userisActive is treated as a representative naming variant.

In most data models, userisActive is stored as a boolean value, true or false; some databases may use integers (1/0) or strings (true/false). It is often implemented as a column in a users table or as a property on a user entity in code.

Lifecycle: The flag is typically set to true at account creation or reactivation, and set to false when the account is deactivated, suspended, or terminated. Some systems may derive it from a separate status field; changes should be governed by an authentication or account-management workflow.

Usage: The flag is used in authentication and authorization checks to decide whether to allow login or resource access. It is commonly included in queries to filter active users and in access control decisions. Proper indexing of the field can improve lookup performance in large user stores.

Considerations: Handling of inactive accounts should be aligned with privacy and data-retention policies. A false value does not necessarily delete user data, and additional steps (e.g., revoking tokens, invalidating sessions) may be required. Auditing changes to the flag and maintaining consistency across distributed systems are common practices.

See also: user status, isActive, account activation, account deactivation.