I’m working on a custom solution to identify and clear blocked user accounts using the Auth0 SDK and would like to confirm some behavior I am seeing. It looks like when a user’s password is reset, that seems to also clear any user blocks that have been created by a “limit_wc” condition. That’s what…

Hi @kmaloney , Yes, performing a password reset will remove the block that was enforced from brute force protection. Our When Do the Attempts for Brute Force Protection Reset knowledge article mentions this. Thanks, Rueben

Does password reset clear user blocks?

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