diff --git a/app/notify_client/__init__.py b/app/notify_client/__init__.py
index 3bbb35733..cedecb3ae 100644
--- a/app/notify_client/__init__.py
+++ b/app/notify_client/__init__.py
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ class NotifyAdminAPIClient(BaseAPIClient):
                 or "/email-code" in arg
             ):
                 still_signing_in = True
+
+            # This seems to be a weird edge case that happens intermittently with invites
+            if str(arg) == "()":
+                still_signing_in = True
         # TODO:  Update this once E2E tests are managed by a feature flag or some other main config option.
         if os.getenv("NOTIFY_E2E_TEST_EMAIL"):
             # allow end-to-end tests to skip check
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index b96f87d44..879c2a436 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1681,6 +1681,7 @@ files = [
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     {file = "msgpack-1.0.8-cp39-cp39-win32.whl", hash = "sha256:f9af38a89b6a5c04b7d18c492c8ccf2aee7048aff1ce8437c4683bb5a1df893d"},
     {file = "msgpack-1.0.8-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:ed59dd52075f8fc91da6053b12e8c89e37aa043f8986efd89e61fae69dc1b011"},
+    {file = "msgpack-1.0.8-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:24f727df1e20b9876fa6e95f840a2a2651e34c0ad147676356f4bf5fbb0206ca"},
     {file = "msgpack-1.0.8.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:95c02b0e27e706e48d0e5426d1710ca78e0f0628d6e89d5b5a5b91a5f12274f3"},
 ]