Amplify-js: RESET_REQUIRED case is not implemented in amplify-js/packages/amazon-cognito-identity-js/src/CognitoUser.js

[sgrillon14]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
When user status is NEW_PASSWORD_REQUIRED is OK but not RESET_REQUIRED

Describe the solution you'd like

if (challengeName === 'NEW_PASSWORD_REQUIRED') {
    ....
     return callback.newPasswordRequired(userAttributes, requiredAttributes);
}

add this:

if (challengeName === 'RESET_REQUIRED') {
     ...
     return callback.resetRequired(userAttributes, requiredAttributes);
}

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[sgrillon14]

What do you need as information to implement this part?

[sammartinez]

@sgrillon14 Inside of Amplify, we do have this workflow. Are you looking to not use Amplify just the Cognito piece ? Please let us know if this is a valid use case for you. If not, please feel free to close this request.

[sgrillon14]

This use case is a basic case but the users of the library are obliged to tinker to implement this case. The basic case is that a cognito admin creates users. Users arrive in this case from the first use, without skip this step, they will never use the application.

Example: https://github.com/NoraUi/bakery/blob/6a7c9c6d00ff7af40a6aa6d3108f86be49d2592e/bakery-front/src/app/shared/services/aws/aws.service.ts

onFailure: err => {
          console.log(err);
          if (err.code === 'PasswordResetRequiredException' || err.code === 'UserNotConfirmedException') {

[simpson]

Can we get this re-opened?

[mishellnovosel]

@sammartinez, I have same question as @simpson. Will there be any solution of how to handle "RESET_REQUIRED" from amplify perspective?

My case is like this:
In case of something going wrong from user perspective we might need to reset password from AWS Cognito. Cognito then sets status to following: "Account Status | Enabled / RESET_REQUIRED".
When tried to login with the user I receive following response message: "Password reset required for the user". Now the thing is that I can't set up new password from Amplify, because to do that I would need to have "User" object that I can't access.

I've tried to use "Auth.forgotPasswordSubmit" & "Auth.forgotPassword" to set password with code, but then I get a response that I can't send code: "Can't resend confirmation code for this user".

Is there some kind of workaround over this?

[vrunda-thacker]

I too am facing similar problem, on importing some users via CSV, their account status shows as RESET_REQUIRED, when trying to login via Amplify, it returns NotAuthorizedException, Incorrect username or password.

How does frontend know that for this user password reset is required?

[mishellnovosel]

I actually do have a solution to "RESET_REQUIRED" after you click on it in Cognito ( NOT importing users ). I received the reset Code via registered user email ( I received it after few hours - and that caused the issue ).
With that Code and message "Password reset required for the user" I'm redirecting a user to "Reset password" screen where he enters the received code and new password ( same as if user asked password reset on his own ).

• The main issue I see here is that his Code has expiration time, and what if user doesn't receive it. Do the admin needs to reset it everytime? Can there be some method to trigger that from frontend side ( as Auth.forgotPassword isn't working )?

[klintan]

@vrunda-thacker did you ever solve this issue ?

I have the exact same issue: Importing users works, status is RESET_REQUIRE but amplify always gives the error NotAuthorizedException and not the proper PasswordResetRequiredException which is expected. Using amplify.signIn() pretty much makes it impossible to use now, since we can't import several 100 of users (or we can import them but none of them will be able to reset their passwords)

Tried earlier versions of amplify as well + tried to recreate user pool and reimport etc, but still same issues.
Am I missing something fundamental or is this a major bug ? How have other people solved this (having a hard time seeing that other people using amplify have never used this feature)
Many thanks!

cc @norahsakal

[danielbressan]

Any updates on this? I believe it's the same/similar problem to:
https://github.com/aws-amplify/aws-sdk-ios/issues/2298
Which identified the bug on the AWS side and was supposedly being fixed.

[boyney123]

Got the same issue here, wondering how we can get past this with amplify?

[boyney123]

I too am facing similar problem, on importing some users via CSV, their account status shows as RESET_REQUIRED, when trying to login via Amplify, it returns NotAuthorizedException, Incorrect username or password.

How does frontend know that for this user password reset is required?

Did you manage to fix this @vrunda-thacker?

[tramert]

I am also having this issue, I have a user permanently logged out at this point....