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wobsoriano merged 1 commit into from
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fix(expo-google-signin): return the Google account sub as user.id on Android #9606

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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions .changeset/android-google-user-id-sub.md
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'@clerk/expo-google-signin': patch
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Android now reports the Google account's stable identifier (the ID token's `sub` claim) as `user.id` instead of the email address, matching iOS.
13 changes: 12 additions & 1 deletion ...e-signin/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/clerk/googlesignin/ClerkGoogleSignInModule.kt
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package expo.modules.clerk.googlesignin

import android.util.Base64
import androidx.credentials.ClearCredentialStateRequest
import androidx.credentials.CredentialManager
import androidx.credentials.CustomCredential
Expand All @@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import expo.modules.kotlin.modules.ModuleDefinition
import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
import org.json.JSONObject

class ClerkGoogleSignInModule : Module() {
private var webClientId: String? = null
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promise.reject("SIGN_IN_CANCELLED", exception.message ?: "User cancelled the sign-in flow", exception)
}

// GoogleIdTokenCredential.id is the email, so the stable account ID has to come from the token's sub claim.
private fun subjectFromIdToken(idToken: String): String? {
val payload = idToken.split(".").getOrNull(1) ?: return null
return runCatching {
val json = String(Base64.decode(payload, Base64.URL_SAFE or Base64.NO_WRAP or Base64.NO_PADDING))
JSONObject(json).optString("sub").takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }
}.getOrNull()
}

private fun handleSignInResult(result: GetCredentialResponse, promise: Promise) {
when (val credential = result.credential) {
is CustomCredential -> {
Expand All @@ -229,7 +240,7 @@ class ClerkGoogleSignInModule : Module() {
val googleIdTokenCredential = GoogleIdTokenCredential.createFrom(credential.data)

val user = mapOf(
"id" to googleIdTokenCredential.id,
"id" to (subjectFromIdToken(googleIdTokenCredential.idToken) ?: ""),

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reject responses without a valid subject.

When subjectFromIdToken returns null, this branch resolves successfully with user.id set to "". Reject the credential or propagate the parsing error instead of returning a success response without a stable user identifier.

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In
`@packages/expo-google-signin/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/clerk/googlesignin/ClerkGoogleSignInModule.kt`
at line 243, Update the response construction around subjectFromIdToken so a
null result rejects the credential or propagates the parsing error instead of
substituting an empty user ID; only return success when a valid subject is
available.

"email" to googleIdTokenCredential.id,
"name" to googleIdTokenCredential.displayName,
"givenName" to googleIdTokenCredential.givenName,
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