Auth0 SID permanent?

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Hey there,
I saw that auth0 uses a SID I am just wondering if this is a permanent tag that will not update every few days / every time they log out and back in. If that is not the case are there any alternates?

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Hey @SavDevv !

The sid claim (session ID) is tied to the current authentication and will be updated when a new session is established.

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Hey! thanks for the reply. Is there a permanent way of me gathering that like a user ID or something of the sort?

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No problem, happy to help!

Yes! The sub claim sounds like what you are looking for :slight_smile:

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Perfect ill give it a shot now!
Thanks again for the help :smiley:

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Re-reading this again - Just to be clear, the sub claim is the user_id and does not change. This has nothing to do with the authentication session. The sid claim provides that, but of course will change when the session changes.

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Alright, So to get the user_id id need to grab it off the SID if that’s correct? - I should add im using node.js for this

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No, the sub claim is equivalent to user_id - Sorry for the confusion!

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Sorry for being a pain, When im on application cookies all it shows is appSession when i have attempted to decode it in https://jwt.io/ i am met with a error saying that its not a valid json object. What am i doing wrong here?

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jwt.io will help you decode JWT (json web tokens) access and/or ID tokens, not cookies. The sub claim is a standard claim included in a user’s token(s) upon authentication.

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Oh right, So i just add on the claim say like

      const userProfile = req.oidc.user;
      given_name: userProfile.given_name,
      family_name: userProfile.family_name,
      email: userProfile.email,
      user_id: userProfile.sub
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