If a user provides both an email and phone, I need to require both to be verified. It looks like there isn't a way to do this without extra steps as described here
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/user-pool-settings-email-phone-verification.html
Is there a way to require both verifications?
Currently it looks like I have to wait for phone number to be verified, verify phoneNumbber first. After that call initiateAuth to get an access token to retrieve the userInfo and check if email needs verification, and send verification code out. From testing I saw that email verification does not block the initiateAuth request so a getUser request would need to be made before every initiateAuth request to see if verification is needed and not return an access token if email still needs verification.
I am on the Cognito team. The scenario described is not possible at this point (requiring email and phone number verification before sign in). If both phone number and email require verification, if a phone number is present in the user attributes, the verification code is sent to the phone number, it is prioritized. Also, the calls to verifyUserAttribute which would enable you to verify email require an AccessToken to mark email as verified.
Unfortunatelly, Cognito will only send you an email verification link if you do not provide a phone number when registering. If you provide an empty phone number property value, and a valid email address, in this case it'll send the email.
This is really awful, because SMS messages sometimes don't reach the endpoint in real time.
If you want to verify the two contact methods in the registration flow for example, you could do this (you must have your own otp verification flow for example):
Create the user with admin powers without notifying the user of the registration
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cognito-idp/admin-create-user.html
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito-user-identity-pools/latest/APIReference/API_AdminCreateUser.html
aws cognito-idp admin-create-user --user-pool-id us-east-2_fggdfg --username 117979111 --user-attributes Name=email,Value=calderonr.robinson#gmail.com Name=phone_number,Value="+5732085654" Name=custom:id,Value="1179791" Name=name,Value="Robinson C" --message-action SUPPRESS
(This can be programmed after the otp verification that you develop)
Then assign the password to be confirmed
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cognito-idp/admin-set-user-password.html
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito-user-identity-pools/latest/APIReference/API_AdminSetUserPassword.html
aws cognito-idp admin-set-user-password --user-pool-id us-east-2_fggdfg --username 117979111 --password "loquesea" --permanent
Assigns as true the contact method that was verifying
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cognito-idp/admin-update-user-attributes.html
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito-user-identity-pools/latest/APIReference/API_AdminUpdateUserAttributes.html
aws cognito-idp admin-update-user-attributes --user-pool-id us-east-2_fggdfg --username 117979111 --user-attributes Name="email_verified",Value="true"
You can do all this perfectly with the aws SDK 2
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When resetting passwords in cognito from users with expired accounts. The verification code supplied via email displays as incorrect and does not allow user(s) to proceed.
Have tried as many ways as can think, same result
AWS - Amplify - I am using AWS Cognito and AWS Amplify library with React application (backend: NodeJS) and users are doing login with email.
I want to change the user's email using amplify from the front end.
I used this: updateUserAttributes
1. updateUserAttributes() → old email changed to new email, email_verified: false
2. Sent verification code to the new email address
3. When I click the verification code on the mailbox, change to email_verified: true
In this case, if users sent the verification code to the wrong email by mistake, the user can't use and verify the account.
Because this user's email changed on the AWS cognito user pool.
So users must continue using the old email before verifying the new email.
I want to make it like this:
1. Send verification code to the new email address
2. When I click the verification code on the mailbox, the old email change to a new email
and email_verified: true
Understand? I want to change the email after clicking the verification code.
How can you help me?
I use AWS Cognito as the authentication provider in a React application. I noticed an issue with the Reset Password flow:
Imagine I forget my password and request a password reset. Cognito sends me an email with a security code. Then, I remember the password and don't want to change it any more. I can't because even if I log in with the correct password, it still sends me to the Set New Password page. It seems like a security concern because anyone can force other users to reset their password as long as they know their email address.
Is that by design in Cognito or is it a bug in my use of Cognito?
You will want to verify how the forgot password/authentication flow have been implemented within your app. The Reset Password page should not send the NEW_PASSWORD_REQUIRED MFA challenge, nor change the user's status to need a new password in the user pool.
The ForgotPassword API call generates the reset code for the user, whereas the ConfirmForgotPassword API call accepts the code and allows the user to change the password. These API calls do not change the user's status for resetting their password, or create the NEW_PASSWORD_REQUIRED MFA challenge.
For completeness, there is no way to cancel the password reset code once it's been sent out. The code is valid for 24 hours, although sending another code will invalidate the first.
I have an unconfirmed aws cognito user which did not verify his email during registration process. When he tries to login with following code:
Auth.signIn({
username:email,
password:password,
})
the API returns
'UserNotConfirmedException'
Now at this point the user is unauthenticated, there is no current session or current user. How will this user be able to verify himself and get himself logged in?
'verifyCurrentUserAttribute' and 'resendSignUp' APIs do not work for unauthenticated user.
Please help.
Late response but just saw this: The Auth.resendSignUp(<username>) does not need an authenticated user and is suited for this purpose. It accepts a username parameter as a string and when called will send a new code to the method configured in Cognito.
The right API endpoint for confirming a signup is confirmsignup
see : https://aws-amplify.github.io/amplify-js/api/classes/authclass.html#confirmsignup
This entpoint requires an email address and the code. The user can thereby confirm his signup later with the code he has received.
I want to implement reset password functionality in Amazon Cognito. I am using login name to sign in cognito account. As cognito sends verification code via email or phone and i am not using these fields in user details. How i can implement reset password in case of login name?
You need either an email id or a phone number to reset user password. Both forgot password and admin reset password use the same flow which will throw an invalid parameter error if neither verified phone or email address is registered for the user.