User pattern not working [#3612151]

I want to rename https://example.com/user/1 to https://example.com/user/random. I created a user pattern type: /[user:account-name] and used the bulk generate and it doesn't create the new alias for user

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Comment #1

21 July 2026 at 06:39

ruriko created an issue. See original summary.

Comment #2

ruriko commented 21 July 2026 at 06:46

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Comment #3

yusuf_khan commented 21 July 2026 at 07:32

For Drupal 11 + Pathauto:

1. Use pattern:

user/[user:name]

(not `/[user:account-name]`)

2. Enable user aliases:

/admin/config/search/path/settings

3. Check existing aliases:

/admin/config/search/path/list

Delete old `/user/1` aliases if they exist.

4. Run bulk generate with **overwrite existing aliases** enabled.

5. Clear cache:

drush cr

If it still doesn't work, check your Pathauto version supports Drupal 11.

Comment #4

ruriko commented 21 July 2026 at 12:10

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I thought [user:account-name] was deprecated cause when I look at the available tokens it says so. Anyway I tried all those steps and still doesn't work. I didn't need to enable the user entity since it's enabled on default. Even if I did enter user/[user:name] it will still auto add the forward slash after saving. My drupal version is 11.4.2 and Pathauto version 8.x-1.15