How do I get app_metadata via rules? Docs seem incomplete or confusing

[James.Morrison]

Hey there @sfncook, how long ago did you create your tenant by chance? As stated in the Metadata doc you referenced, the doc goes talks about the limitations of searching app_metadata:

Beginning 1 September 2017 , new tenants cannot search any of the app_metadata fields.

Only tenants associated with paid subscriptions that were created on/before 31 August 2017 can search the app_metadata fields.

We do have this doc here that dives into how you can create and update user’s metadata leveraging our API.

From looking at this thread below they had a similar pursuit:

How to retrieve user metadata in the id_token?

Hi, I try to authenticate a user with its username and password. I want to retrieve the JWT in response and find in it his permissions (stored in app_metadata). But the id_token returned does not contain the user_metadata or app_metadata. I tried with the Java driver and HTTP call. Java : AuthAPI auth = new AuthAPI("my-domain.auth0.com", "my_client_id", "my_secret_id"); AuthRequest request = auth.login(username, password) .setScope("openid app_metadata user_m…

Please let me know if I am going in the wrong direction or not fully understanding the desired outcome because I want to make sure I understand. Thanks in advance!