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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions .changeset/expo-local-credentials-cancelled-prompt.md
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---
'@clerk/expo': patch
---

Fix `useLocalCredentials()` reporting `hasCredentials` as `true` after the biometric prompt is cancelled during `setCredentials()`. A cancelled prompt now leaves the stored credentials unchanged, so `authenticate()` no longer fails with a missing password.
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import { act, renderHook } from '@testing-library/react';
import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';

import { useLocalCredentials } from '../useLocalCredentials';

const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
publishableKey: 'pk_test_Zm9vLmNsZXJrLmFjY291bnRzLmRldiQ',
store: new Map<string, string>(),
rejectProtectedWrites: false,
signIn: { create: vi.fn() },
}));

vi.mock('@clerk/react', () => ({
useClerk: () => ({ publishableKey: mocks.publishableKey }),
useUser: () => ({ user: null }),
}));

vi.mock('@clerk/react/legacy', () => ({
useSignIn: () => ({ isLoaded: true, signIn: mocks.signIn }),
}));

vi.mock('react-native', () => ({
Platform: { OS: 'ios' },
}));

vi.mock('../../../utils/native-module', () => ({
ClerkExpoModule: {},
}));

vi.mock('expo-local-authentication', () => ({
AuthenticationType: { FINGERPRINT: 1, FACIAL_RECOGNITION: 2, IRIS: 3 },
isEnrolledAsync: () => Promise.resolve(true),
supportedAuthenticationTypesAsync: () => Promise.resolve([]),
}));

vi.mock('expo-secure-store', () => ({
WHEN_PASSCODE_SET_THIS_DEVICE_ONLY: 0,
getItem: (key: string) => mocks.store.get(key) ?? null,
getItemAsync: (key: string) => Promise.resolve(mocks.store.get(key) ?? null),
deleteItemAsync: (key: string) => {
mocks.store.delete(key);
return Promise.resolve();
},
setItemAsync: (key: string, value: string, options?: { requireAuthentication?: boolean }) => {
if (options?.requireAuthentication && mocks.rejectProtectedWrites) {
return Promise.reject(new Error('User canceled the authentication'));
}
mocks.store.set(key, value);
return Promise.resolve();
},
}));

const identifierKey = `__clerk_local_auth_${mocks.publishableKey}_identifier`;
const passwordKey = `__clerk_local_auth_${mocks.publishableKey}_password`;

beforeEach(() => {
mocks.store.clear();
mocks.rejectProtectedWrites = false;
});

describe('useLocalCredentials', () => {
test('reports credentials once both writes succeed', async () => {
const { result } = renderHook(() => useLocalCredentials());

await act(() => result.current.setCredentials({ identifier: 'user@example.com', password: 'hunter2' }));

expect(result.current.hasCredentials).toBe(true);
expect(mocks.store.get(identifierKey)).toBe('user@example.com');
expect(mocks.store.get(passwordKey)).toBe('hunter2');
});

test('does not report credentials when the biometric prompt is cancelled', async () => {
mocks.rejectProtectedWrites = true;
const { result } = renderHook(() => useLocalCredentials());

await act(async () => {
await expect(
result.current.setCredentials({ identifier: 'user@example.com', password: 'hunter2' }),
).rejects.toThrow('User canceled the authentication');
});

expect(result.current.hasCredentials).toBe(false);
expect(mocks.store.has(identifierKey)).toBe(false);
expect(mocks.store.has(passwordKey)).toBe(false);

const remounted = renderHook(() => useLocalCredentials());
expect(remounted.result.current.hasCredentials).toBe(false);
});

test('keeps the existing credentials when a password update is cancelled', async () => {
mocks.store.set(identifierKey, 'user@example.com');
mocks.store.set(passwordKey, 'hunter2');
mocks.rejectProtectedWrites = true;
const { result } = renderHook(() => useLocalCredentials());

await act(async () => {
await expect(result.current.setCredentials({ password: 'new-password' })).rejects.toThrow();
});

expect(result.current.hasCredentials).toBe(true);
expect(mocks.store.get(identifierKey)).toBe('user@example.com');
expect(mocks.store.get(passwordKey)).toBe('hunter2');
});

test('rejects a password update when no identifier is stored', async () => {
const { result } = renderHook(() => useLocalCredentials());

await act(async () => {
await expect(result.current.setCredentials({ password: 'hunter2' })).rejects.toThrow(
'an identifier should already be set',
);
});

expect(result.current.hasCredentials).toBe(false);
expect(mocks.store.has(passwordKey)).toBe(false);
});
});
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);
}

if (creds.identifier) {
await setItemAsync(key, creds.identifier);
}
const identifier = creds.identifier ?? (await getItemAsync(key).catch(() => null));

const storedIdentifier = await getItemAsync(key).catch(() => null);

if (!storedIdentifier) {
if (!identifier) {
return errorThrower.throw(
`useLocalCredentials: setCredentials() an identifier should already be set in order to update its password.`,
);
}

setHasLocalAuthCredentials(true);
await setItemAsync(pkey, creds.password, {
keychainAccessible: WHEN_PASSCODE_SET_THIS_DEVICE_ONLY,
requireAuthentication: true,
});

if (creds.identifier) {
await setItemAsync(key, creds.identifier);

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Make credential persistence rollback-safe.

setCredentials() writes the protected password before the supplied identifier. If the identifier write rejects, the old identifier remains paired with the new password. Write the identifier first, then the protected password. If the password write rejects, restore the previous identifier or delete it when none existed. This preserves biometric-cancellation behavior.

Add tests for identifier-write failure and biometric cancellation after the identifier write.

Suggested fix
-    await setItemAsync(pkey, creds.password, {
-      keychainAccessible: WHEN_PASSCODE_SET_THIS_DEVICE_ONLY,
-      requireAuthentication: true,
-    });
+    const previousIdentifier = creds.identifier ? await getItemAsync(key) : null;
 
     if (creds.identifier) {
       await setItemAsync(key, creds.identifier);
     }
 
+    try {
+      await setItemAsync(pkey, creds.password, {
+        keychainAccessible: WHEN_PASSCODE_SET_THIS_DEVICE_ONLY,
+        requireAuthentication: true,
+      });
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (creds.identifier) {
+        if (previousIdentifier === null) {
+          await deleteItemAsync(key);
+        } else {
+          await setItemAsync(key, previousIdentifier);
+        }
+      }
+      throw error;
+    }
+
     setHasLocalAuthCredentials(true);
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In
`@packages/expo/src/local-credentials/useLocalCredentials/useLocalCredentials.ts`
at line 151, Update setCredentials to capture the existing identifier, write the
new identifier before the protected password, and roll back that identifier when
the password write fails by restoring the previous value or deleting it if none
existed. Preserve the original error and biometric-cancellation behavior, and
add coverage for identifier-write failure and password-write cancellation after
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keeping it as is. The identifier write has no biometric prompt, so if it fails it's a storage error, not a cancel. And the next setCredentials() or clearCredentials() overwrites both keys anyway 🤷🏼

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@wobsoriano, agreed that an identifier-write failure is not a biometric cancellation case.

The concern is the state after that storage failure. pkey can contain the new password while key still contains the old identifier. authenticate() can then fail until a later setCredentials() or clearCredentials() call succeeds.

I will leave the finding open because this is a recoverable, but user-visible, inconsistent storage state. If accepting that state is intentional, no change is required.

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}

setHasLocalAuthCredentials(true);
};

const clearCredentials = async () => {
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