diff --git a/apps/host-selfhost/src/admin/invites.node.test.ts b/apps/host-selfhost/src/admin/invites.node.test.ts
index 697103246..b1d94bbf6 100644
--- a/apps/host-selfhost/src/admin/invites.node.test.ts
+++ b/apps/host-selfhost/src/admin/invites.node.test.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ const signUp = (body: Record<string, unknown>) =>
     }),
   );
 
+const inviteStatus = async (code: string): Promise<boolean> => {
+  const response = await handler(
+    new Request(`${BASE}/api/invite-status/${encodeURIComponent(code)}`),
+  );
+  expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+  const body = (await response.json()) as { valid?: boolean };
+  return body.valid === true;
+};
+
 test("open signup is closed: a signup without a valid invite code is rejected", async () => {
   const res = await signUp({
     email: "intruder@invite.test",
@@ -47,6 +56,8 @@ test("open signup is closed: a signup without a valid invite code is rejected",
 test("a code minted via the admin API redeems into a real org membership", async () => {
   // Minted through the TYPED admin HttpApi client (see mint-invite.ts).
   const inviteCode = await mintInviteCode(handler);
+  expect(await inviteStatus("AAAA-BBBB-CCCC")).toBe(false);
+  expect(await inviteStatus(inviteCode)).toBe(true);
 
   const res = await signUp({
     email: "member@invite.test",
@@ -76,4 +87,5 @@ test("a code minted via the admin API redeems into a real org membership", async
     inviteCode,
   });
   expect(reuse.status).not.toBe(200);
+  expect(await inviteStatus(inviteCode)).toBe(false);
 });
diff --git a/apps/host-selfhost/src/system/api.ts b/apps/host-selfhost/src/system/api.ts
index ccc9d3568..4b6200dc8 100644
--- a/apps/host-selfhost/src/system/api.ts
+++ b/apps/host-selfhost/src/system/api.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ export class SystemError extends Schema.TaggedErrorClass<SystemError>()(
 
 export const HealthResponse = Schema.Struct({ status: Schema.String });
 export const SetupStatusResponse = Schema.Struct({ needsSetup: Schema.Boolean });
+export const InviteStatusResponse = Schema.Struct({ valid: Schema.Boolean });
+
+const InviteStatusParams = { code: Schema.String };
 
 export const SystemApi = HttpApiGroup.make("system")
   .add(
@@ -33,6 +36,13 @@ export const SystemApi = HttpApiGroup.make("system")
       success: SetupStatusResponse,
       error: [SystemError],
     }),
+  )
+  .add(
+    HttpApiEndpoint.get("inviteStatus", "/invite-status/:code", {
+      params: InviteStatusParams,
+      success: InviteStatusResponse,
+      error: [SystemError],
+    }),
   );
 
 export const SystemHttpApi = HttpApi.make("executor-self-host-system").add(SystemApi);
diff --git a/apps/host-selfhost/src/system/handlers.ts b/apps/host-selfhost/src/system/handlers.ts
index 6a0f9a381..8ecb4199b 100644
--- a/apps/host-selfhost/src/system/handlers.ts
+++ b/apps/host-selfhost/src/system/handlers.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Effect, Layer } from "effect";
 import { SystemError, SystemHttpApi } from "./api";
 import { BetterAuth, countOrgMembers, type BetterAuthHandle } from "../auth/better-auth";
 import { SelfHostDb, type SelfHostDbHandle } from "../db/self-host-db";
+import { findRedeemableCode } from "../auth/invites";
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Handlers for the public system API. Unauthenticated; every DB touch is an
@@ -38,6 +39,16 @@ export const SystemHandlers = HttpApiBuilder.group(SystemHttpApi, "system", (han
         });
         return { needsSetup: count === 0 };
       }),
+    )
+    .handle("inviteStatus", ({ params }) =>
+      Effect.gen(function* () {
+        const { client } = yield* SelfHostDb;
+        const code = yield* Effect.tryPromise({
+          try: () => findRedeemableCode(client, params.code),
+          catch: () => new SystemError({ message: "failed to read invite status" }),
+        });
+        return { valid: code !== null };
+      }),
     ),
 );
 
diff --git a/apps/host-selfhost/web/routes/public/join.$code.tsx b/apps/host-selfhost/web/routes/public/join.$code.tsx
index 26b757f94..b95aa94a4 100644
--- a/apps/host-selfhost/web/routes/public/join.$code.tsx
+++ b/apps/host-selfhost/web/routes/public/join.$code.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { createFileRoute } from "@tanstack/react-router";
-import { useState, type FormEvent } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useState, type FormEvent } from "react";
 
 import { Button } from "@executor-js/react/components/button";
+import { Card, CardDescription, CardHeader, CardTitle } from "@executor-js/react/components/card";
 import { Input } from "@executor-js/react/components/input";
 import { Label } from "@executor-js/react/components/label";
 
@@ -18,12 +19,37 @@ export const Route = createFileRoute("/join/$code")({
 // auth gate (an un-redeemed visitor has no session yet).
 function JoinPage() {
   const { code } = Route.useParams();
+  const [inviteState, setInviteState] = useState<"checking" | "valid" | "invalid">("checking");
   const [name, setName] = useState("");
   const [email, setEmail] = useState("");
   const [password, setPassword] = useState("");
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let alive = true;
+    setInviteState("checking");
+    void fetch(`/api/invite-status/${encodeURIComponent(code)}`, {
+      credentials: "same-origin",
+    }).then(
+      async (response) => {
+        const body = response.ok
+          ? ((await response.json().then(
+              (value) => value,
+              () => ({}),
+            )) as { valid?: boolean })
+          : {};
+        if (alive) setInviteState(body.valid === true ? "valid" : "invalid");
+      },
+      () => {
+        if (alive) setInviteState("invalid");
+      },
+    );
+    return () => {
+      alive = false;
+    };
+  }, [code]);
+
   const submit = async (event: FormEvent) => {
     event.preventDefault();
     setBusy(true);
@@ -43,6 +69,30 @@ function JoinPage() {
     window.location.href = "/";
   };
 
+  if (inviteState === "checking") {
+    return (
+      <div className="flex min-h-screen items-center justify-center text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+        Loading…
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (inviteState === "invalid") {
+    return (
+      <div className="flex min-h-screen items-center justify-center bg-background p-6">
+        <Card className="w-full max-w-md">
+          <CardHeader>
+            <CardTitle>Invite not valid</CardTitle>
+            <CardDescription>
+              This invite link is invalid or has expired. Ask the person who invited you for a new
+              link.
+            </CardDescription>
+          </CardHeader>
+        </Card>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
   return (
     <div className="flex min-h-screen items-center justify-center bg-background p-6">
       <form