Merge remote-tracking branch 'parent/stable-4.2' into kb-draft-5.18-lts

spec/spec_helper.rb

@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.before :suite do
     Rails.application.load_seed
     Chewy.strategy(:bypass)
+
+    # NOTE: we switched registrations mode to closed by default, but the specs
+    # very heavily rely on having it enabled by default, as it relies on users
+    # being approved by default except in select cases where explicitly testing
+    # other registration modes
+    Setting.registrations_mode = 'open'
   end
 
   config.after :suite do