Passkeys Only Available in the "Identifier First" Flow

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Overview

The customer would like to use a signup flow that allows the user to choose, in the first step, whether to use a password or a passkey.

Applies To

• Passkeys
• Identifier First

Solution

This cannot be done at this time because Passkeys can only be used in the"Identifier First" flow.

There is a feature request in the Community to bypass the “Identifier First” flow when using Passkeys.

Removing identifier first login flow with Passkeys

Feature: Removing identifier-first login flow with Passkeys Description: Passkeys are phishing-resistant authentication mechanisms that also provide smooth workflow. I’ve highlighted smooth here because the Auth0 Passkeys provide phishing-resistant authentication, but I would not call their authentication process smooth. Having to state identity first is a friction that not many users want to deal with. Faces and fingerprints are forms of identity, so asking for username or email would be extr…