# api.user.setAppMetadata does not work in post login action **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Tags:** actions-management-api, management-api\ **Created:** [March 26, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/api-user-setappmetadata-does-not-work-in-post-login-action/130569 "2024-03-26T22:11:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThomasFisher](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/User_font_awesome.svg/768px-User_font_awesome.svg.png) [@ThomasFisher](https://community.auth0.com/u/ThomasFisher)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/api-user-setappmetadata-does-not-work-in-post-login-action/130569/1 "2024-03-26T22:11:53Z")
We have a scenario where certain users with a certain connection type may log in with missing App\_Metadata. To remedy this, we have a post-login action that 1. checks if (connectionTypeMatches && isMissingMetadata) 2. queries an endpoint - let newData = await axios.post(‘getMissingDataEndpoint’, data, options) 3. sets App\_Metadata from newData 4. updates profile claims on idToken and accessToken The first problem I am running into is in step 3, calling api.user.setAppMetadata(({ id: event.user\_id }, { profile: newProfile }); does not update the user’s app\_metadata. I found this post: > [@Set User Metadata Is Not Working Inside Post Login Action](https://community.auth0.com/t/set-user-metadata-is-not-working-inside-post-login-action/72744): > > Hi, this is Yasin. Problem This is for social login providers. I am trying to set the user metadata and read it after setting it, in a single post login action file. However, I get an error. Either the user metadata cannot set on Step 5 or the newly set user metadata cannot be read in Step 6 because I get an error This is a fundamental issue and I have to solve it as quickly as possible. Thank you so much! Post Login Action - Code Flow (Please read) Code flow is like this: Check if t… and decided to comment out the updates to the idToken and accessToken to prep for potentially moving that logic into a new action. However, when I run the action in debug mode with a custom event pointed to a test account, the action completes successfully, but the test account does not get the expected metadata updates. I have logged the new data, confirmed everything is being queried correctly, and that the new data is being built as expected. I even see in the Test Results pane a Commands array with a SetMetadata command in it, and the command seems to have the relevant correct data. When I refresh the user’s detail page after running it though, the updates are not present on the profile. This link mentions it should be possible to add the management api as a dependency to the action and update it that way: [https://community.auth0.com/t/different-strategies-to-update-user-metadata-in-post-login-action/121908](https://community.auth0.com/t/different-strategies-to-update-user-metadata-in-post-login-action/121908) However, when I try that, I get a “management.updateAppMetadata is not a function” ---
**Author:** ![ThomasFisher](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/User_font_awesome.svg/768px-User_font_awesome.svg.png) [@ThomasFisher](https://community.auth0.com/u/ThomasFisher)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/api-user-setappmetadata-does-not-work-in-post-login-action/130569/2 "2024-03-28T14:25:38Z")
The best I could tell was happening here is that the action did not like waiting for a response from the endpoint. Ended up just reworking the endpoint being hit to include the extra management-api logic. - This is not ideal, as it makes it impossible to put the profile updates on the issued token. We had to solve this through more hacks w/ silent authentication. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/original/3X/b/5/b560f266932fcce5d57f09a6595bd50518cae3f3.jpeg) [@system](https://community.auth0.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/api-user-setappmetadata-does-not-work-in-post-login-action/130569/3 "2024-04-11T14:26:36Z")
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