Indicate when Cognito temporary password is expired

[ghomem]

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JavaScript Framework

React Native

Amplify APIs

REST API

Amplify Categories

auth

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Describe the bug

I would like to follow up in the status of #1182. I wanted to put a comment there but the issue is locked. We have the same problem as the original poster: some users are in state FORCE_CHANGE_PASSWORD but the password can't be set because the grace period was expired. Intuitively, it seems that there should be a new state to describe this condition or a new field that can be queried to discover whether this is the case or not.

Expected behavior

I would expect to have a way to find if the user password can be set or not (by means of the temporary password). Currently we see FORCE_CHANGE_PASSWORD whether or not the password can be set. When managing anything more than a handful of users this because very confusing in terms of support.

Reproduction steps

1. Create a user via Cognito API
2. Check that its state is FORCE_CHANGE_PASSWORD
3. Let the grace period expire
4. Check that the user state is still FORCE_CHANGE_PASSWORD
5. Conclude that you can't distinguish in your list of users which users can and which users can not, define their password

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[ghomem]

@mlecoq FYI the original issue that you opened is not available anymore. Did you find any solution for this?

[mlecoq]

We were in a rush and decided to let users notify us when they couldn't connect - so a manual solution

[ghomem]

We were in a rush and decided to let users notify us when they couldn't connect - so a manual solution

Sorry to hear. Thanks for replying @mlecoq .

[tannerabread]

hi @ghomem Just verifying, are you looking for a solution through Cognito as the console doesn't show this information? Or did you want Amplify to handle this through the code?

[ghomem]

hi @ghomem Just verifying, are you looking for a solution through Cognito as the console doesn't show this information? Or did you want Amplify to handle this through the code?

I would like Cognito to show the information and https://github.com/aws-amplify/amplify-js/issues/1182 was the only reference I could find, so I commented here. I opened a case with Amazon support and they very politely said they would discuss it internally but so far no news. I apologize if I created noise outside of the proper place.

[tannerabread]

Not a problem, I was just trying to clarify to see if there was something Amplify should do. I will close this now as it is a Cognito issue but feel free to open a new issue if you encounter problems with Amplify. Also, if Cognito ever gets back to you and adds this functionality to the console, feel free to open a feature-request here so that we can handle it on the frontend.

Thank you!