When doing an update ( users/patch-users-by-id ) on a user, updating their phone number for example, the display name on auth0 for that user changes from their email, to their nickname. Any reason for this? Can we control this in anyway?

Hi @carl.t . It looks like you do not have a Passwordless SMS connection. Looking further, I noticed your users have their phone numbers saved to their user_metadata. When updating the user’s phone number in the user_metadata, it should not alter the user’s display name or change their email to the…

While Updating a User, their Display Name Changes

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carl.t August 24, 2023, 8:21am 4

@rueben.tiow Thanks for the response.

Any ideas WHY this might be happening?

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While Updating a User, their Display Name Changes

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