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Users whose only configured first factor is an email link can complete session reverification after the freshness window expires. The original tab waits for the callback, refreshes verification, and resumes the protected action. The callback preserves the return URL and shows recovery states for invalid, expired, and mismatched-browser links.

Modal restoration accepts only the verification callback and does not start a new verification from arbitrary URL state. Roll out server support fully before releasing this frontend flow.

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Summary

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Packages analyzed 20
Packages with changes 1
🔴 Breaking changes 0
🟡 Non-breaking changes 3
🟢 Additions 2

🤖 This report was reviewed by claude-sonnet-4-6.


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Current version: 4.41.0
Recommended bump: MINOR → 4.42.0

Subpath ./types

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Modified: __internal_LocalizationResource
Diff (before: 2437 lines, after: 2461 lines). Click to expand.
// ... 574 unchanged lines elided ...
        formTitle: LocalizationValue;
        resendButton: LocalizationValue;
      };
+     emailLink: {
+       title: LocalizationValue;
+       subtitle: LocalizationValue;
+       formTitle: LocalizationValue;
+       formSubtitle: LocalizationValue;
+       resendButton: LocalizationValue;
+       verified: {
+         title: LocalizationValue;
+         subtitle: LocalizationValue;
+       };
+       expired: {
+         title: LocalizationValue;
+         subtitle: LocalizationValue;
+       };
+       failed: {
+         title: LocalizationValue;
+         subtitle: LocalizationValue;
+       };
+       clientMismatch: {
+         title: LocalizationValue;
+         subtitle: LocalizationValue;
+       };
+     };
      phoneCode: {
        title: LocalizationValue;
        subtitle: LocalizationValue;
        formTitle: LocalizationValue;
        resendButton: LocalizationValue;
      };
      phoneCodeMfa: {
        title: LocalizationValue;
        subtitle: LocalizationValue;
        formTitle: LocalizationValue;
        resendButton: LocalizationValue;
      };
      totpMfa: {
        title: LocalizationValue;
        subtitle: LocalizationValue;
        formTitle: LocalizationValue;
      };
      backupCodeMfa: {
        title: LocalizationValue;
        subtitle: LocalizationValue;
      };
      passkey: {
        title: LocalizationValue;
        subtitle: LocalizationValue;
        blockButton__passkey: LocalizationValue;
      };
      passkeyMfa: {
        title: LocalizationValue;
        subtitle: LocalizationValue;
        blockButton__passkey: LocalizationValue;
      };
      alternativeMethods: {
        title: LocalizationValue;
        subtitle: LocalizationValue;
        actionLink: LocalizationValue;
        actionText: LocalizationValue;
        blockButton__emailCode: LocalizationValue<'identifier'>;
+       blockButton__emailLink: LocalizationValue<'identifier'>;
        blockButton__phoneCode: LocalizationValue<'identifier'>;
        blockButton__password: LocalizationValue;
        blockButton__totp: LocalizationValue;
// ... 1820 unchanged lines elided ...

Static analyzer: Breaking change in type alias __internal_LocalizationResource: Type changed: {locale:string;maintenanceMode:import("@clerk/shared").LocalizationValue;roles:{[r:string]:import("@clerk/shared").Loca… → {locale:string;maintenanceMode:import("@clerk/shared").LocalizationValue;roles:{[r:string]:import("@clerk/shared").Loca…

🤖 AI review (reclassified as non-breaking) (80%): __internal_LocalizationResource is used as the base for LocalizationResource which extends DeepPartial<DeepLocalizationWithoutObjects<__internal_LocalizationResource>> — consumers implement/extend LocalizationResource (an input/extends position), but the diff only shows 2357→2381 elided lines with identical before/after structure visible; the change appears to be additions of new optional-style localization keys, which in an input (partial) context are non-breaking additions that consumers need not supply.

Modified: SessionVerificationFirstFactor
- type SessionVerificationFirstFactor = EmailCodeFactor | PhoneCodeFactor | PasswordFactor | PasskeyFactor
+ type SessionVerificationFirstFactor = EmailCodeFactor | EmailLinkFactor | PhoneCodeFactor | PasswordFactor | PasskeyFactor
  /**
   * @experimental
   */
// ... 1 unchanged line elided ...

Static analyzer: Breaking change in type alias SessionVerificationFirstFactor: Type changed: import("@clerk/shared").EmailCodeFactor|import("@clerk/shared").EnterpriseSSOFactor|import("@clerk/shared").PasskeyFact… → import("@clerk/shared").EmailCodeFactor|import("@clerk/shared").EmailLinkFactor|import("@clerk/shared").EnterpriseSSOFa…

🤖 AI review (reclassified as non-breaking) (90%): SessionVerificationFirstFactor is used as the element type of the output array supportedFirstFactors: SessionVerificationFirstFactor[] | null, so adding EmailLinkFactor as a new union variant widens the output type — consumers reading this array may encounter a new variant but existing code handling known variants remains valid, making this a non-breaking addition.

Modified: SessionVerifyPrepareFirstFactorParams
- type SessionVerifyPrepareFirstFactorParams = EmailCodeConfig | PhoneCodeConfig | PassKeyConfig
+ type SessionVerifyPrepareFirstFactorParams = EmailCodeConfig | EmailLinkConfig | PhoneCodeConfig | PassKeyConfig
  /**
   * @experimental
   */
// ... 5 unchanged lines elided ...

Static analyzer: Breaking change in type alias SessionVerifyPrepareFirstFactorParams: Type changed: import("@clerk/shared").EmailCodeConfig|import("@clerk/shared").PhoneCodeConfig|import("@clerk/shared").PassKeyConfig /… → import("@clerk/shared").EmailCodeConfig|import("@clerk/shared").EmailLinkConfig|import("@clerk/shared").PhoneCodeConfig…

🤖 AI review (reclassified as non-breaking) (90%): SessionVerifyPrepareFirstFactorParams is a parameter/input type for prepareFirstFactorVerification; adding EmailLinkConfig to the union widens the set of accepted values, which is safe for existing callers who pass the previously valid variants — their code continues to compile and run correctly.

🟢 Additions (2)

Added: SessionResource.createEmailLinkFlow
+ createEmailLinkFlow: () => CreateEmailLinkFlowReturn<SessionStartEmailLinkFlowParams, SessionVerificationResource>;

Added property SessionResource.createEmailLinkFlow

Added: SessionStartEmailLinkFlowParams
+ type SessionStartEmailLinkFlowParams = {
+   emailAddressId: string;
+   redirectUrl: string;
+ };

Added type alias SessionStartEmailLinkFlowParams


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Added email-link first-factor support for session reverification. The session resource prepares and polls email-link verification. User-verification components render email-link flows and callback states. Shared localization types and locale resources define the new strings. Unit and integration tests cover polling, browser validation, resend, protected-action continuation, and session activation.

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The PR enables email-link session reverification, but the Thai localization is missing callback-state text needed by the new recovery flow, so some users may see incomplete or fallback messaging. The change is mergeable with explicit follow-up to complete that localization.

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Inline comments:
In `@packages/clerk-js/src/core/resources/__tests__/Session.test.ts`:
- Around line 2526-2574: Update the createEmailLinkFlow test around
startEmailLinkFlow to make polling observable: have the initial verification
response remain needs_first_factor with an unverified email-link verification,
advance the fake timers to trigger polling, then provide the terminal complete
response and assert that the verification endpoint is fetched twice. Preserve
the existing request-body and final-status assertions.

In `@packages/localizations/src/th-TH.ts`:
- Around line 1284-1306: Update the emailLink localization object to include the
missing loading, unusedTab, verifiedSwitchTab, and verifiedTransferable
callback-state keys with undefined Thai values, preserving the complete
reverification.emailLink contract.

In `@packages/ui/src/components/UserVerification/__tests__/UVFactorOne.test.tsx`:
- Around line 77-116: Update the test setup around the URL mutation in the
“prepares email-link reverification and preserves the protected action URL” test
to capture the initial browser URL and restore it after the test, preferably via
the file’s existing afterEach mechanism or a try/finally cleanup. Ensure later
tests do not inherit the modified history state.
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Comment thread packages/clerk-js/src/core/resources/__tests__/Session.test.ts
Comment thread packages/localizations/src/th-TH.ts
SignUp: 'signUpModal',
SignIn: 'signInModal',
UserProfile: 'userProfileModal',
UserVerification: 'userVerificationModal',

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[MEDIUM] Adding UserVerification to componentNodes lets any URL force a step-up and an unsolicited OTP send

componentNodes is keyed off the __clerk_modal_state query param, and readStateParam() in packages/shared/src/internal/clerk-js/queryStateParams.ts is a bare JSON.parse(atob(param)) with no signature or validation. The layout effect at Components.tsx:374 force-mounts whichever modal the decoded componentName names. Every other entry in this map renders passively; UserVerification does not. Mounting it runs useUserVerificationSession with no level prop, which POSTs /v1/client/sessions/{id}/verify and creates a fresh StepUp, and then UVFactorOneCodeForm and the new UVFactorOneEmailLinkCard both call prepareFirstFactorVerification from a bare useEffect(..., []).

On an instance where users sign in without a password (or with preferredSignInStrategy: 'otp'), a link like https://app.example.com/dashboard?__clerk_modal_state=<base64 of {"componentName":"UserVerification",...}> makes the victim's browser mint a step-up and makes Clerk send them a real OTP or email link on page load. That is an SMS/email amplification vector billed to the app owner, it invalidates their active step-up, and a genuinely-delivered code makes a relay phishing page ("enter the code we just sent you") much more convincing.

Since the reason for the entry is the email-link callback, restricting it to the side-effect-free callback route (path === '/verify') rather than honouring the component name from arbitrary URL state would keep the auto-prepare path out of reach.

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