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feat(backend): add secondFactorVerification to createSignInToken
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions .changeset/sign-in-token-second-factor.md
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'@clerk/backend': minor
---

Add an optional `secondFactorVerification` parameter (`'fresh' | 'stale'`) to `createSignInToken()`, which lets a user with a second factor enabled complete the sign-in without being prompted for it. `expiresInSeconds` is now optional.
32 changes: 32 additions & 0 deletions packages/backend/src/api/__tests__/SignInTokenApi.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -43,4 +43,36 @@ describe('SignInTokenAPI', () => {

expect(response.id).toBe('sign_in_token_123');
});

it('sends the second factor verification as second_factor_verification', async () => {
server.use(
http.post(
'https://api.clerk.test/v1/sign_in_tokens',
validateHeaders(async ({ request }) => {
const body = await request.json();
expect(body).toEqual({
user_id: 'user_123',
second_factor_verification: 'stale',
});

return HttpResponse.json({
id: 'sign_in_token_123',
user_id: 'user_123',
token: 'token_123',
status: 'pending',
url: 'https://accounts.example.com/tickets/token_123',
created_at: 1,
updated_at: 1,
});
}),
),
);

const response = await apiClient.signInTokens.createSignInToken({
userId: 'user_123',
secondFactorVerification: 'stale',
});

expect(response.id).toBe('sign_in_token_123');
});
});
8 changes: 5 additions & 3 deletions packages/backend/src/api/endpoints/SignInTokenApi.ts
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Expand Up @@ -8,16 +8,18 @@ export type CreateSignInTokensParams = {
userId: string;
/** The ID of the organization to activate when the user signs in. Organizations must be enabled for the instance, and the user must be a member of the organization. */
orgId?: string;
/** The number of seconds until the sign-in token expires. By default, the duration is `2592000` (30 days). */
expiresInSeconds: number;
/** The number of seconds until the sign-in token expires. By default, the duration is `2592000` (30 days), or `600` (10 minutes) when `secondFactorVerification` is set. */
expiresInSeconds?: number;
/** Lets a user with a second factor enabled complete the sign-in without being prompted for it. With `fresh`, the second factor is treated as verified at sign-in. With `stale`, it is treated as unverified, so any reverification that requires a second factor prompts the user to complete one. Has no effect for users without a second factor enabled. */
secondFactorVerification?: 'fresh' | 'stale';
};

const basePath = '/sign_in_tokens';

/** @generateWithEmptyComment */
export class SignInTokenAPI extends AbstractAPI {
/**
* Creates a new sign-in token for the given user. By default, sign-in tokens expire in 30 days. You can optionally specify a custom expiration time in seconds using the `expiresInSeconds` parameter.
* Creates a new sign-in token for the given user. By default, sign-in tokens expire in 30 days, or in 10 minutes when `secondFactorVerification` is set. You can optionally specify a custom expiration time in seconds using the `expiresInSeconds` parameter.

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

🌐 Web query:

site:clerk.com/docs createSignInToken expiresInSeconds secondFactorVerification sign-in token

💡 Result:

Clerk’s **`createSignInToken()`** supports `expiresInSeconds`, which sets how long the sign-in token remains valid. The default is **2,592,000 seconds (30 days)**. The documented parameters are `userId`, optional `orgId`, and `expiresInSeconds`; the docs do **not** list `secondFactorVerification` as a parameter. ([clerk.com](https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend/sign-in-tokens/create-sign-in-token?utm_source=openai))

If you mean second-factor verification during a regular sign-in flow, Clerk documents that separately as part of the sign-in lifecycle—not as a `createSignInToken()` option. ([clerk.com](https://clerk.com/docs/reference/types/sign-in-second-factor?utm_source=openai))

Citations:

- 1: https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend/sign-in-tokens/create-sign-in-token?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://clerk.com/docs/reference/types/sign-in-second-factor?utm_source=openai

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printf '%s\n' '--- source references ---'
rg -n -F -- 'CreateSignInTokensParams' packages/backend/src/api/endpoints/SignInTokenApi.ts
nl -ba packages/backend/src/api/endpoints/SignInTokenApi.ts | sed -n '1,100p'

Repository: clerk/javascript

Length of output: 2881

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  docs/reference/backend/sign-in-tokens/create-sign-in-token.mdx \
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  docs/guides/development/custom-flows/authentication/legacy/embedded-email-links.mdx
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done
printf '\n--- createSignInToken references ---\n'
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Repository: clerk/clerk-docs

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Sync the published API documentation with this contract.

The API reference and email-link guides still describe the old createSignInToken() contract. Update them to mark expiresInSeconds as optional, document secondFactorVerification, and include the conditional 10-minute default.

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Review comment at @packages/backend/src/api/endpoints/SignInTokenApi.ts at line
22:
Update the published API reference and email-link guides for createSignInToken()
to show expiresInSeconds as optional, document secondFactorVerification, and
state that the default expiration is 30 days or 10 minutes when
secondFactorVerification is set.

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* @returns The created [`SignInToken`](https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend/types/backend-sign-in-token) object.
*/
public async createSignInToken(params: CreateSignInTokensParams) {
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