# Auth0-generated temporary Database password: 72-hour expiry and mandatory password-change proof

**URL:** <https://community.auth0.com/t/auth0-generated-temporary-database-password-72-hour-expiry-and-mandatory-password-change-proof/205289>\
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**Tags:** actions, password-reset\
**Created:** [November 11, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/auth0-generated-temporary-database-password-72-hour-expiry-and-mandatory-password-change-proof/205289 "2026-11-11T14:15:13Z")\
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We are evaluating a first-access onboarding flow using an Auth0 Database connection and Universal Login. Which production-supported feature lets the identity provider generate an individual temporary password and deliver it directly to the user through a previously verified individual channel, without the password passing through the application’s frontend, backend, administrative operators, or logs?

The password itself must stop authenticating 72 hours after issuance, independently of the invitation, ticket, or link expiry. Before any business access, including direct API access, the user must replace it with a permanent password at the identity provider. Reissuance or successful replacement must invalidate the previous temporary password without extending the invitation’s validity.

How can the application obtain authenticated proof that the temporary password from the current issuance was actually replaced, identifying the user and correlating the issuance, while handling delays, duplicates, and failures without granting access prematurely? Successful login, a redirect, message delivery, or email\_verified alone is insufficient. How can existing sessions or tokens be prevented from gaining unauthorized business access?

We are aware of configurable user creation without a password, password-change tickets with URL expiry, and the asynchronous Post Change Password trigger. We do not consider any one of those mechanisms equivalent to the complete contract above. Please identify the exact supported feature, documentation, prerequisites, and subscription limits. If there is no complete solution, which parts require custom code or another product, and which guarantees are unsupported?