@kat0d thanks for your Report. Is it the same you asked at #24754 (comment)?

@franz-wohlkoenig basically yes. i just can't find out, is it i'm missing something, or it's just really bugs. because custom fields exists quite long time in Joomla. and this is not full list of their bugs.

So this is the same issue as #24754?

@Quy no, we are pursuing the same goal, as I understand it. But these are different bugs. we use different options.
and there is one more
if you not allow edit custom field values in field permissions

if this field is present in user profile edit form(which i can't disable with Joomla options), so you get an error, when you save the form

my goal:

• add repeatable field, so admin can add fields, and user can see this fields in user profile page, but can't see it in user edit form, or at least can't edit it. and this simple task is currently impossible with standard joomla options.

ok, so here is a quick, if someone need this future now

• disable "Edit Custom Field Value" in field "Permissions" tab
  create template rewrite:
  JOOMLA-SITE\components\com_users\views\profile\tmpl\edit.php
  now it's in your template
  JOOMLA-SITE\templates\JOOMLA-TEMPLATE\html\com_users\profile\edit.php

find:

<?php if ($field->hidden) : ?>

in my case it's line 68
add before this line:

<?php if ($field->disabled){ continue; } ?>

you're done, BUT, if you have only one field in fieldset group, you will have an empty fieldset in edit form, so hide it with css, or assign field to other fieldset group with more than one field.

i can't believe this. custom fields starts from J3.7, and no one don't use it like this. or am i an idiot:)

and what it for ??

if field is hidden, for what reason to show field input ??

@laoneo ?

Closing this due to not receiving required information to determine if this is a bug or not. If you feel this still needs review, please open a new tracker entry with as much information as possible to ensure it can be reviewed properly