fix(ui): hide use another method for reverification when only one method

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Description

Fix so one never ends up here:

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Latest commit: 46118ac

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@clerk/ui	Patch
@clerk/chrome-extension	Patch
@clerk/swingset	Patch

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• packages/ui/src/components/UserVerification/AlternativeMethods.tsx

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The reverification strategy hook now exposes a unified alternative-strategy flag. Factor-one and factor-two components use this flag to control alternative-method UI. The backup-code card accepts an optional callback and hides the control when no alternative exists. Tests cover password-only, email-only, TOTP-only, and backup-code-only flows. A patch changeset was added for @clerk/ui.

Priority: ⬇️ Low — Defer this narrow reverification UI change because it only hides an alternative-method control when no other factor is available.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: Low

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 46118

The reverification UI now suppresses alternative-method controls when no alternative verification method exists, preventing users from reaching an empty method-selection screen. The change is ready to merge.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 7 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main change: hiding “Use another method” during reverification when only one method is available.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly relates to the UI fix and explains that users should not reach the empty “Use another method” screen.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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API Changes Report

Generated by Break Check on 2026-09-08T15:10:25.801Z

Summary

Metric	Count
Packages analyzed	19
Packages with changes	0
🔴 Breaking changes	0
🟡 Non-breaking changes	0
🟢 Additions	0

No API Changes Detected

All packages have stable APIs with no detected changes.

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[dmoerner]

Nice, thank you!