I have this action: exports.onExecutePostLogin = async (event, api) => { // Put the user screen_name as the nickname // for Twitter connections if (event.connection.name === 'twitter' && event.user.screen_name) { event.user.nickname = event.user.screen_name; } }; This doesn’t set the …

Hey @edent I took a closer look at the older post you made, are you looking to just temporarily override the nickname field for the ID Token on the frontend or the Access Token for the /userinfo endpoint? I haven’t tested this, but try setting the nickname via the built-in api setCustomClaim funct…

Incidentally, this is a workaround for a bug that’s now 5 years old… [image] Twitter nickname is not the same as screen_name Help My Twitter handle is @edent. If I login with Auth0, I see: 'nickname' => 'Terence Eden', 'name' => 'Terence Eden', I would expect my “ni…

hey @edent :wave: I can’t speak much regarding the bug you mention from 5 years ago, but if you need to update something other than user_metadata or app_metadata on user profiles in Auth0 Actions, you will have to use the Management API. See this FAQ for more info on how to set it up https://comm…

Wait, I have to set up and configure another application, to call an API, to fix a bug, all because Auth0 have decided to deprecate something that worked? Can I just pay someone at Okta to fix this bug? Seriously, gang, I’ve got £5 here for any employee of Auth0 who wants to make this right.

That seems to work! Thank you. Nevertheless, I think it’s time for me to move away from Auth0 if I can. It’s quite clear that they’ve no interest in fixing bugs and would rather spend their time changing their logo.

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Incidentally, this is a workaround for a bug that’s now 5 years old…

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