Why am I getting this message, both in the Auth0 Dashboard where you set up and test Passwordless SMS, as well as the /passwordless/start API call?
Phone number (example): 15551235555
error: bad.phone_number
description:“String does not match pattern: ^\+[0-9]{1,15}$”
um, excuse me? Yes this number most certainly does match the dang pattern. What am I missing here???
Hi @dapug! Maybe you are missing the ‘+’ sign in front of the number? Let me know if it works with it! Thanks!
Correct, I was missing the +. It was not immediately obvious for a dev unfamiliar with regex (not my cup of tea) and new to Auth0. Even a regex tester tool doesn’t understand that expression.
The error message is NOT helpful or appropriate and should be changed. This is the first time I’ve ever seen a regex definition in a friggen error message in 20 years of coding. Try using English, such as “The phone number was not valid. Please make sure the number is correct, including country code, and “+” prefix”.
Helpful feedback for your team. 
Hi!
Thanks for your valuable feedback! I agree this is not a good validation message, will raise the concern to the appropriate team
Hey @dapug!
Your feedback was submitted to one of our product teams. Thanks a lot for that! We gather developer community feedback and then appropriate team implements it based on priorities they set for the specific team backlog.
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Thanks a lot!
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