diff --git a/app/notify_client/__init__.py b/app/notify_client/__init__.py
index 5f65e85c6..8db3425f2 100644
--- a/app/notify_client/__init__.py
+++ b/app/notify_client/__init__.py
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ class NotifyAdminAPIClient(BaseAPIClient):
         ):
             abort(403)
 
+    def is_calling_signin_url(self, arg):
+        return arg.startswith("('/user")
+
     def check_inactive_user(self, *args):
         still_signing_in = False
 
@@ -64,14 +67,7 @@ class NotifyAdminAPIClient(BaseAPIClient):
         # and we only want to check the first arg
         for arg in args:
             arg = str(arg)
-            if (
-                "get-login-gov-user" in arg
-                or "user/email" in arg
-                or "/activate" in arg
-                or "/email-code" in arg
-                or "/verify/code" in arg
-                or "/user" in arg
-            ):
+            if self.is_calling_signin_url(arg):
                 still_signing_in = True
 
             # This seems to be a weird edge case that happens intermittently with invites
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 6e4ba5a7f..88cec6cce 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1325,13 +1325,9 @@ files = [
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     {file = "lxml-5.2.2-cp37-cp37m-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:28bf95177400066596cdbcfc933312493799382879da504633d16cf60bba735b"},
     {file = "lxml-5.2.2-cp37-cp37m-manylinux_2_12_i686.manylinux2010_i686.manylinux_2_17_i686.manylinux2014_i686.whl", hash = "sha256:3a745cc98d504d5bd2c19b10c79c61c7c3df9222629f1b6210c0368177589fb8"},
-    {file = "lxml-5.2.2-cp37-cp37m-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:1b590b39ef90c6b22ec0be925b211298e810b4856909c8ca60d27ffbca6c12e6"},
     {file = "lxml-5.2.2-cp37-cp37m-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:b336b0416828022bfd5a2e3083e7f5ba54b96242159f83c7e3eebaec752f1716"},
-    {file = "lxml-5.2.2-cp37-cp37m-manylinux_2_28_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:c2faf60c583af0d135e853c86ac2735ce178f0e338a3c7f9ae8f622fd2eb788c"},
     {file = "lxml-5.2.2-cp37-cp37m-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:4bc6cb140a7a0ad1f7bc37e018d0ed690b7b6520ade518285dc3171f7a117905"},
-    {file = "lxml-5.2.2-cp37-cp37m-musllinux_1_1_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:7ff762670cada8e05b32bf1e4dc50b140790909caa8303cfddc4d702b71ea184"},
     {file = "lxml-5.2.2-cp37-cp37m-musllinux_1_1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:57f0a0bbc9868e10ebe874e9f129d2917750adf008fe7b9c1598c0fbbfdde6a6"},
-    {file = "lxml-5.2.2-cp37-cp37m-musllinux_1_2_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:a6d2092797b388342c1bc932077ad232f914351932353e2e8706851c870bca1f"},
     {file = "lxml-5.2.2-cp37-cp37m-musllinux_1_2_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:60499fe961b21264e17a471ec296dcbf4365fbea611bf9e303ab69db7159ce61"},
     {file = "lxml-5.2.2-cp37-cp37m-win32.whl", hash = "sha256:d9b342c76003c6b9336a80efcc766748a333573abf9350f4094ee46b006ec18f"},
     {file = "lxml-5.2.2-cp37-cp37m-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:b16db2770517b8799c79aa80f4053cd6f8b716f21f8aca962725a9565ce3ee40"},
@@ -1666,6 +1662,7 @@ files = [
     {file = "msgpack-1.0.8-cp39-cp39-musllinux_1_1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:5fbb160554e319f7b22ecf530a80a3ff496d38e8e07ae763b9e82fadfe96f273"},
     {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"},
 ]
 
@@ -2512,7 +2509,6 @@ files = [
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     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:40df9b996c2b73138957fe23a16a4f0ba614f4c0efce1e9406a184b6d07fa3a9"},
-    {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:a08c6f0fe150303c1c6b71ebcd7213c2858041a7e01975da3a99aed1e7a378ef"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:6c22bec3fbe2524cde73d7ada88f6566758a8f7227bfbf93a408a9d86bcc12a0"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-musllinux_1_1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:8d4e9c88387b0f5c7d5f281e55304de64cf7f9c0021a3525bd3b1c542da3b0e4"},
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-win32.whl", hash = "sha256:d483d2cdf104e7c9fa60c544d92981f12ad66a457afae824d146093b8c294c54"},
diff --git a/tests/app/notify_client/test_notify_admin_api_client.py b/tests/app/notify_client/test_notify_admin_api_client.py
index e68d4669f..d15eebfc3 100644
--- a/tests/app/notify_client/test_notify_admin_api_client.py
+++ b/tests/app/notify_client/test_notify_admin_api_client.py
@@ -41,6 +41,26 @@ def test_active_service_can_be_modified(notify_admin, method, user, service):
     assert ret == request.return_value
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("arg", "expected_result"),
+    [
+        (
+            "('/user/c5f8a5c9-56d5-4fa9-8c30-3449ae10c072/verify/code',)",
+            True,
+        ),
+        ("('/user/get-login-gov-user',)", True),
+        (
+            "('/service/blahblahblah',)",
+            False,
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_is_calling_signin_url(arg, expected_result):
+    api_client = NotifyAdminAPIClient()
+    result = api_client.is_calling_signin_url(arg)
+    assert result == expected_result
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("method", ["put", "post", "delete"])
 def test_inactive_service_cannot_be_modified_by_normal_user(
     notify_admin, api_user_active, method