diff --git a/apps/simplex-directory-service/src/Directory/Service.hs b/apps/simplex-directory-service/src/Directory/Service.hs
index 0d49acace8..0e1248a602 100644
--- a/apps/simplex-directory-service/src/Directory/Service.hs
+++ b/apps/simplex-directory-service/src/Directory/Service.hs
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ acceptMemberHook
     when (useMemberFilter img $ rejectNames a) checkName
     pure $
       if
-        | useMemberFilter img (passCaptcha a) -> (GAManual, GRMember)
-        | useMemberFilter img (makeObserver a) -> (GAAuto, GRObserver)
-        | otherwise -> (GAAuto, memberRole)
+        | useMemberFilter img (passCaptcha a) -> (GAPending, GRMember)
+        | useMemberFilter img (makeObserver a) -> (GAAccepted, GRObserver)
+        | otherwise -> (GAAccepted, memberRole)
     -- TODO [captcha] uncomment for testing
     -- pure (GAManual, GRMember)
     where
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Internal.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Internal.hs
index b90a1312bf..1b18abda37 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Internal.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Internal.hs
@@ -825,11 +825,11 @@ acceptGroupJoinRequestAsync
   user
   gInfo@GroupInfo {groupProfile, membership, businessChat}
   ucr@UserContactRequest {agentInvitationId = AgentInvId invId, cReqChatVRange}
-  gAcceptance
+  gAccepted
   gLinkMemRole
   incognitoProfile = do
     gVar <- asks random
-    let initialStatus = acceptanceToStatus gAcceptance
+    let initialStatus = acceptanceToStatus gAccepted
     (groupMemberId, memberId) <- withStore $ \db -> do
       liftIO $ deleteContactRequestRec db user ucr
       createJoiningMember db gVar user gInfo ucr gLinkMemRole initialStatus
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ acceptGroupJoinRequestAsync
                 fromMemberName = displayName,
                 invitedMember = MemberIdRole memberId gLinkMemRole,
                 groupProfile,
-                acceptance = Just gAcceptance,
+                accepted = Just gAccepted,
                 business = businessChat,
                 groupSize = Just currentMemCount
               }
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ acceptBusinessJoinRequestAsync
                 fromMemberName = displayName,
                 invitedMember = MemberIdRole memberId GRMember,
                 groupProfile = businessGroupProfile userProfile groupPreferences,
-                acceptance = Just GAAuto,
+                accepted = Just GAAccepted,
                 -- This refers to the "title member" that defines the group name and profile.
                 -- This coincides with fromMember to be current user when accepting the connecting user,
                 -- but it will be different when inviting somebody else.
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Subscriber.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Subscriber.hs
index e06c5d0d85..739ab25ea9 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Subscriber.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Subscriber.hs
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ processAgentMessageConn vr user@User {userId} corrId agentConnId agentMessage =
                       Just gli@GroupLinkInfo {groupId, memberRole = gLinkMemRole} -> do
                         gInfo <- withStore $ \db -> getGroupInfo db vr user groupId
                         acceptMember_ <- asks $ acceptMember . chatHooks . config
-                        maybe (pure $ Right (GAAuto, gLinkMemRole)) (\am -> liftIO $ am gInfo gli p) acceptMember_ >>= \case
+                        maybe (pure $ Right (GAAccepted, gLinkMemRole)) (\am -> liftIO $ am gInfo gli p) acceptMember_ >>= \case
                           Right (acceptance, useRole)
                             | v < groupFastLinkJoinVersion ->
                                 messageError "processUserContactRequest: chat version range incompatible for accepting group join request"
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Groups.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Groups.hs
index 22da7053f5..0094e20cb8 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Groups.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Groups.hs
@@ -521,9 +521,9 @@ deleteContactCardKeepConn db connId Contact {contactId, profile = LocalProfile {
   DB.execute db "DELETE FROM contact_profiles WHERE contact_profile_id = ?" (Only profileId)
 
 createGroupInvitedViaLink :: DB.Connection -> VersionRangeChat -> User -> Connection -> GroupLinkInvitation -> ExceptT StoreError IO (GroupInfo, GroupMember)
-createGroupInvitedViaLink db vr user conn GroupLinkInvitation {fromMember, fromMemberName, invitedMember, groupProfile, acceptance, business} = do
+createGroupInvitedViaLink db vr user conn GroupLinkInvitation {fromMember, fromMemberName, invitedMember, groupProfile, accepted, business} = do
   let fromMemberProfile = profileFromName fromMemberName
-      initialStatus = maybe GSMemAccepted acceptanceToStatus acceptance
+      initialStatus = maybe GSMemAccepted acceptanceToStatus accepted
   createGroupViaLink' db vr user conn fromMember fromMemberProfile invitedMember groupProfile business initialStatus
 
 createGroupRejectedViaLink :: DB.Connection -> VersionRangeChat -> User -> Connection -> GroupLinkRejection -> ExceptT StoreError IO (GroupInfo, GroupMember)
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Types.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Types.hs
index 0b94390723..5ba7565611 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Types.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Types.hs
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ data GroupLinkInvitation = GroupLinkInvitation
     fromMemberName :: ContactName,
     invitedMember :: MemberIdRole,
     groupProfile :: GroupProfile,
-    acceptance :: Maybe GroupAcceptance,
+    accepted :: Maybe GroupAcceptance,
     business :: Maybe BusinessChatInfo,
     groupSize :: Maybe Int
   }
@@ -1021,8 +1021,8 @@ instance ToJSON GroupMemberStatus where
 
 acceptanceToStatus :: GroupAcceptance -> GroupMemberStatus
 acceptanceToStatus = \case
-  GAAuto -> GSMemAccepted
-  GAManual -> GSMemPendingApproval
+  GAAccepted -> GSMemAccepted
+  GAPending -> GSMemPendingApproval
 
 memberActive :: GroupMember -> Bool
 memberActive m = case memberStatus m of
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Types/Shared.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Types/Shared.hs
index b0c759d3ac..e22610cfe5 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Types/Shared.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Types/Shared.hs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ instance ToJSON GroupMemberRole where
   toJSON = strToJSON
   toEncoding = strToJEncoding
 
-data GroupAcceptance = GAAuto | GAManual deriving (Eq, Show)
+data GroupAcceptance = GAAccepted | GAPending deriving (Eq, Show)
 
 -- TODO [knocking] encoding doesn't match field type
 instance FromField GroupAcceptance where fromField = blobFieldDecoder strDecode
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ instance ToField GroupAcceptance where toField = toField . strEncode
 
 instance StrEncoding GroupAcceptance where
   strEncode = \case
-    GAAuto -> "auto"
-    GAManual -> "manual"
+    GAAccepted -> "accepted"
+    GAPending -> "pending"
   strDecode = \case
-    "auto" -> Right GAAuto
-    "manual" -> Right GAManual
+    "accepted" -> Right GAAccepted
+    "pending" -> Right GAPending
     r -> Left $ "bad GroupAcceptance " <> B.unpack r
   strP = strDecode <$?> A.takeByteString
 
diff --git a/tests/ChatTests/Groups.hs b/tests/ChatTests/Groups.hs
index 704fbd02eb..7ec4033046 100644
--- a/tests/ChatTests/Groups.hs
+++ b/tests/ChatTests/Groups.hs
@@ -2960,7 +2960,7 @@ testGLinkManualAcceptMember =
       cath #> "#team hi group"
       [alice, bob] *<# "#team cath> hi group"
   where
-    cfg = testCfg {chatHooks = defaultChatHooks {acceptMember = Just (\_ _ _ -> pure $ Right (GAManual, GRObserver))}}
+    cfg = testCfg {chatHooks = defaultChatHooks {acceptMember = Just (\_ _ _ -> pure $ Right (GAPending, GRObserver))}}
 
 testGLinkDeletePendingMember :: HasCallStack => TestParams -> IO ()
 testGLinkDeletePendingMember =
@@ -2985,7 +2985,7 @@ testGLinkDeletePendingMember =
       cath <## "#team: alice removed you from the group"
       cath <## "use /d #team to delete the group"
   where
-    cfg = testCfg {chatHooks = defaultChatHooks {acceptMember = Just (\_ _ _ -> pure $ Right (GAManual, GRObserver))}}
+    cfg = testCfg {chatHooks = defaultChatHooks {acceptMember = Just (\_ _ _ -> pure $ Right (GAPending, GRObserver))}}
 
 testPlanGroupLinkKnown :: HasCallStack => TestParams -> IO ()
 testPlanGroupLinkKnown =