Hi, I’m testing the out-of-the-box email verification flow with the new Universal Login. After registering as a new user, I get an email with a link to confirm my address. When I click on it, it shows that the email was verified - happy path works fine. But I’m trying to test some error scenarios…

Hi @aledev @bartosz.strachowski Unfortunately we didn’t find a proper solution to this. Our workaround is still to have the unknownErrorDescription set to a text that describes what might have actually happened. It’s far from ideal as it basically says “Account was already verified or the link ex…

A generic error message shown on the email verification screen when a specific one is expected

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aledev July 11, 2023, 10:39am 3

Hi @jaroslaw.marek please let us know if you find a solution to this, we run into the same problem.

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A generic error message shown on the email verification screen when a specific one is expected

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