Hi there, just wanted to clarify some behavior I couldn’t find in the documentation. Using Lock with Social sign-in and sign-up, it appears that an Auth0 User is created when attempting to “Sign in with X” as well when registering via “Sign up with X” (Google in my specific case). Just wanted to v…

Good afternoon, Could you provide some screenshots and steps so I can confirm the behavior you are referencing to? Thanks!

Sure: This is the initial state. My account email doesn’t exist within Auth0 Users. [screen1] This is my /login page using the Lock app. From here, I click Log in with Google. My browser is already logged into cflowers.rp.1 [screen2] After login, my custom rules mark the attempt as unauthoriz…

To clarify, for the /login page my browser is logged into the cflowers.rp.1@gmail.com account.

Little bump here, would like to clarify if this is intended behavior to create a User just based on a login attempt.

Hey there! Let me ping @karen1 regarding that

Good morning, Sorry for the delay. The signup and login buttons are the same when using a third party IdP like Google. In addition, there’s no way of stopping signup of social logins, because conceptually the signup does not happen at Auth0, but at the external identity provider. So, the user wou…

Awesome, thanks for clearing that up!

Auth0 Lock - Social sign-in creates Auth0 Management User - #10 by system

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Is there a difference between login & signup for social? Get Help signup , social	13	21402	December 10, 2018
Detect whether account is created during Social Media authentication Get Help auth0swift	2	4248	October 3, 2018
Why do social signups act like logins but email/passwords give an error? Get Help login-experience , signup-prompt-new-experience	1	830	November 13, 2023
Detecting signup on Authlock Get Help lock , auth0 , signup , sign-up	1	3607	March 7, 2019
HELP Something went wrong (Auth0 lock) Get Help lock , auth0 , api , login	1	3661	March 27, 2018

Is there a difference between login & signup for social?

Get Help

signup , social

13

21402

December 10, 2018

Detect whether account is created during Social Media authentication

Get Help

auth0swift

2

4248

October 3, 2018

Why do social signups act like logins but email/passwords give an error?

Get Help

login-experience , signup-prompt-new-experience

1

830

November 13, 2023

Detecting signup on Authlock

Get Help

lock , auth0 , signup , sign-up

1

3607

March 7, 2019

HELP Something went wrong (Auth0 lock)

Get Help

lock , auth0 , api , login

1

3661

March 27, 2018

Auth0 Lock - Social sign-in creates Auth0 Management User

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