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Changes

When a native token request needed MFA, the iOS and Android bridges rejected with a fixed code and only a message. The mfa_token never reached JS, so the app had no way to continue with mfa.challenge / mfa.verify. Both native SDKs expose the token (AuthenticationError.info in Auth0.swift, mfaRequiredErrorPayload in Auth0.Android); only the bridge dropped it.

Now each bridge rejects with mfa_required and the response body, and a0_call turns that into the same 403 AuthError the JS-side logins and web already throw:

 NativeBridgeManager.a0_call
   catch (e)
+    if e.code is 'mfa_required' and e.userInfo has mfa_token
+      throw AuthError(code, message, { status: 403, json: userInfo })
     throw AuthError(code, message, { json: e })

Covered on iOS and Android:

• passwordless.loginWithOTP
• credentialsManager.getCredentials / renew and getApiCredentials. Errors get type: RENEW_FAILED, code: 'mfa_required' and json.mfa_token, matching web. On Android this was Auth0.Android's MFA_REQUIRED, which had no mapping and fell back to the generic credentials manager code.
• Passkey token exchange. PasskeyError.getMfaRequiredPayload() now returns the token on native too; it used to return ''.
• customTokenExchange

I checked /oauth/token server-side; each of these grants can return mfa_required. Refresh token exchanges only do so through a post-login Action. Passkey and custom token exchange also do so for a tenant MFA policy.

All other failures keep their current codes, including PASSWORDLESS_LOGIN_FAILED and PASSKEY_EXCHANGE_FAILED. EXAMPLES.md now covers MFA for the database connection OTP flow and the credentials manager, and no longer marks PASSKEY_MFA_REQUIRED as web only.

Risk: this is easy to revert and changes no public types. It does change what an MFA failure looks like on native:

• passwordless reported PASSWORDLESS_LOGIN_FAILED and now reports mfa_required
• Android credentials manager reported the generic code and now reports mfa_required / RENEW_FAILED
• passkey reported PASSKEY_EXCHANGE_FAILED / EXCHANGE_FAILED and now reports PASSKEY_MFA_REQUIRED

Apps that matched the old values for this case would branch differently. Those apps had no token to continue with anyway, and the new values are what web already returns.

References

Fixes #1729

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Summary

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Native authentication flows now surface multifactor-required errors and challenge details, allowing your app to continue with multifactor authentication during credential retrieval, token exchange, passkey sign-in, and OTP login.
• Documentation
  • Updated examples explain how to handle multifactor challenges during OTP login and credential renewal, and clarify passkey error guidance.

Android and iOS now preserve MFA-required error details in native rejection paths, including passwordless OTP, credential retrieval, token exchange, and passkey exchange. The JavaScript bridge converts supported native errors to AuthError. Examples document MFA continuation paths.

Changes: Native MFA error propagation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Forward MFA payloads from native flows android/src/main/java/com/auth0/react/*, ios/NativeBridge.swift, android/src/main/java/com/auth0/react/Passwordless.kt, ios/Passwordless.swift	Android and iOS handlers check for MFA-required errors before existing rejection logic. Passwordless OTP uses the same handling.
Convert native MFA errors in JavaScript src/platforms/native/bridge/NativeBridgeManager.ts, src/platforms/native/bridge/__tests__/NativeBridgeManager.spec.ts, src/platforms/native/adapters/__tests__/NativeCredentialsManager.errors.spec.ts	NativeBridgeManager converts MFA-required errors with an MFA token to AuthError and preserves userInfo as json. Tests cover payload-present and null-userInfo cases, plus credential-renewal error wrapping.
Document MFA continuation paths EXAMPLES.md	Examples describe MFA handling for passwordless OTP login and credential renewal. The passkey MFA error description and profile-update example are also edited.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant NativeSDK
  participant NativeBridgeManager
  participant AuthError
  participant MFAClient
  NativeSDK->>NativeBridgeManager: Reject with mfa_required and userInfo
  NativeBridgeManager->>AuthError: Create error with status 403 and userInfo as json
  AuthError-->>MFAClient: Expose MFA token in json

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Possibly related PRs

• auth0/react-native-auth0#1695: Removes legacy MFA methods and directs MFA calls to auth0.mfa; this PR documents continuing credential renewal through the MFA client.

Suggested reviewers: nandanprabhu, utkrishtsahu

Merge Risk: Low · up to e19a5

The MFA renewal guidance needs two fixes: show how to handle the challenge in the renewal example and how to save verified credentials when using the Auth0 class. These are bounded documentation risks.

Pre-merge checks: 3 · 1 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning · 1 inconclusive

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 6.67% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
Linked Issues check		[#1729] Both native OTP failure paths use the MFA rejection helper. iOS forwards AuthenticationError.info, and a0_call builds a 403 AuthError when userInfo.mfa_token is present. Android serial…	Provide the Android SDK payload definition or an automated test that shows the serialized OTP MFA response, including mfa_token and mfa_requirements.

Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly describes forwarding the MFA token for native token requests.
Description check		The description explains the MFA error payload changes and the affected native flows.
Out of Scope Changes check		[#1729] The bridge, error handling, tests, and documentation support forwarding MFA payloads. The other native token paths address the same payload loss; the issue also identifies passkey exchange as …

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Explanation

[#1729] The bridge, error handling, tests, and documentation support forwarding MFA payloads. The other native token paths address the same payload loss; the issue also identifies passkey exchange as a related case.

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Docstring coverage is 6.67% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 15 functions across 8 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

Resolution

Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Explanation

[#1729] Both native OTP failure paths use the MFA rejection helper. iOS forwards AuthenticationError.info, and a0_call builds a 403 AuthError when userInfo.mfa_token is present. Android serializes MfaRequiredErrorPayload with Gson. The available evidence does not establish that this serialization preserves both mfa_token and mfa_requirements with the required names. The described automated tests mock the bridge response rather than exercise native OTP payload serialization.

Resolution

Provide the Android SDK payload definition or an automated test that shows the serialized OTP MFA response, including mfa_token and mfa_requirements.

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- Line 666: Update the renewal example’s error handling so `mfa_required` starts
the MFA flow using `error.json.mfa_token` with the `mfa` client and completes
renewal instead of rethrowing it as a transient error. Preserve the existing
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- Line 666: Update the Auth0 MFA example around mfa.verify() to explain that it
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• EXAMPLES.md
• android/src/main/java/com/auth0/react/A0Auth0Module.kt
• android/src/main/java/com/auth0/react/MfaRequiredError.kt
• android/src/main/java/com/auth0/react/Passwordless.kt
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• ios/Passwordless.swift
• src/platforms/native/adapters/__tests__/NativeCredentialsManager.errors.spec.ts
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Handle MFA in the renewal example.

The preceding example treats mfa_required as a transient error and rethrows it. Add an mfa_required branch that starts the MFA flow so the example can complete renewal.

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Review comment at @EXAMPLES.md at line 666:
Update the renewal example’s error handling so `mfa_required` starts the MFA
flow using `error.json.mfa_token` with the `mfa` client and completes renewal
instead of rethrowing it as a transient error. Preserve the existing handling
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Explain how to persist verified credentials.

For the Auth0 class, mfa.verify() returns credentials but does not save them. Later getCredentials() calls still read the old credentials and can require MFA again. Document how to use and persist the verified credentials, including refresh-token handling. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Update the Auth0 MFA example around mfa.verify() to explain that it returns
verified credentials without saving them, and show how callers should use and
persist those credentials through the supported Auth0 credential-storage flow.
Clarify how to handle the returned refresh token so later getCredentials() calls
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