feat(js,ui,localizations): limit password confirmation attempts per session by tmilewski · Pull Request #9913 · clerk/javascript

tmilewski · 2026-09-23T22:03:12Z

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This PR reads meta.remaining_attempts into ClerkAPIError.meta.remainingAttempts and shows the countdown in the prebuilt components through three new localization keys:

unstable__errors.password_confirmation_attempt_remaining
unstable__errors.password_confirmation_attempts_remaining (with {{remainingAttempts}})
unstable__errors.password_confirmation_session_ended.

The API always enforces this limit, so every instance gets this behavior.

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API errors now expose remaining password-confirmation attempts as metadata and serialize the value using the API field name. The UI selects localized messages for remaining attempts and ended sessions, and password forms use those messages. Localization entries were added across supported locales. A resource test also covers client session updates after a failed PATCH mutation.

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Modified: `ClerkAPIError.meta`

// ... 18 unchanged lines elided ...
      };
      isPlanUpgradePossible?: boolean;
      seatsQuantityToAdd?: number;
-     seatsQuantity?: number;
+     seatsQuantity?: number; /** Remaining password confirmation attempts in the current session; zero means the session has ended. */
+     remainingAttempts?: number;
      traceId?: string;
      kind?: string;
      title?: string;
// ... 5 unchanged lines elided ...

Static analyzer: Breaking change in property ClerkAPIError.meta: Type changed: {paramName?:string;sessionId?:string;emailAddresses?:string[];identifiers?:string[];zxcvbn?:{suggestions:{code:string;m… → {paramName?:string;sessionId?:string;emailAddresses?:string[];identifiers?:string[];zxcvbn?:{suggestions:{code:string;m…

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      is_plan_upgrade_possible?: boolean;
      seats_quantity_to_add?: number;
      seats_quantity?: number;
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      trace_id?: string;
      kind?: string;
      title?: string;
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🟠 Major · Enforce a server-side limit for password reverification attempts. · passwordUtils.ts:101-113

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Enforce a server-side limit for password reverification attempts.

The reachable FAPI session-reverification path forwards each supplied password to validateUserPassword, and the current path permits incorrect submissions without an upper bound. A caller can continue password guesses within one session. Add a finite server-side per-session counter that rejects or terminates reverification after the configured limit.
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chore(repo): Consolidate password confirmation changesets

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