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Adds the design for how sign-in and sign-up report their next step (packages/mosaic/docs/internals/sign-in-sign-up-flow.md).

Each sign-in and sign-up has a typed next step (first_factor, second_factor, fields, verify_email, …). Clients derive the screen from it instead of rebuilding the flow from status, missing_fields and unverified_fields. Decided for clients; the FAPI side (FAPI sending next_step, FAPI-owned transfer) is a proposal to the FAPI team.

The getNextStep bridge the doc describes is in a stacked PR on carp/signup-next-step-bridge.

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The pull request adds a design document for FAPI-derived sign-in and sign-up steps. It describes step-to-route mappings, navigation behavior, entry actions, transfer rules, API-version handling, and rollout phases. It also updates controller guidance to state that these flows derive screens from next-step helpers while retaining route-specific state locally. The changeset file gains two horizontal rules.

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

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  • clerk/javascript#10742: Implements the next-step helpers and bridge described in the design.
  • clerk/javascript#10727: Structures sign-in views around step values, matching the design’s step-driven screen selection.
  • clerk/javascript#10691: Revises controller guidance for multi-step flows, which this change extends with sign-in and sign-up guidance.

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This adds a design document and no runtime behavior. If the phase-1 implementation follows the document as written, completed sign-ins would not activate sessions and transferable attempts would only be re-routed. Ticket redemption would also be under-specified. Clarify these points in the design before building on it.

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@alexcarpenter alexcarpenter changed the title docs(mosaic): propose FAPI-sent next step for sign-in and sign-up feat(shared,mosaic): add next-step design and getNextStep bridge Nov 10, 2026
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Matches Bridge computes next step from real resources

Tested on b3b0b573, untouched since — On the new head, all 20 FAPI-shaped sign-in and sign-up states loaded into clerk-js resources still return the expected step in the documented order through the published subpath.

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Differs New sign-up returns start
Matches Sign-up parity with navigateToNextStepSignUp
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An uncreated sign-up's Future resource still reports missing_requirements, so the bridge returns unknown, not start; the new Entry actions section, which runs tickets on the start screen, inherits this.

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Guard the in-flight redemption.

A “not redeemed yet” check remains true while the first request is pending. A StrictMode effect rerun or remount can therefore start a second redemption before the first completes. One request can then fail after the other consumes the ticket. Specify a synchronous in-flight guard that survives remounts, and release it on failure so the user can retry.


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@alexcarpenter alexcarpenter changed the title feat(shared,mosaic): add next-step design and getNextStep bridge docs(mosaic): add sign-in and sign-up next-step design Nov 10, 2026

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### Entry actions

Some URLs carry an action to run before the user does anything: a `__clerk_ticket` from an invitation, or the return from an email link. The model exposes it as data and a callback (`hasTicket`, `redeemTicket: () => signUp.ticket()`; `ticket()` reads the param itself, `clerk-js/src/core/resources/SignUp.ts:1281-1283`). The controller runs it on the `start` or `identifier` screen, then routes by the new step.

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Handle email-link return status before routing by step.

An expired or client-mismatch return needs an error state. A link verified on another device needs a switch-tab state. Routing only by the sign-up step can skip those states. Specify how the entry action handles each return before continuing the flow; emailLinkVerification alone does not cover returns without a created session ID.

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Update the controller’s entry-action handling to inspect email-link return
status before routing by the new sign-up step. Route expired or client-mismatch
returns to an error state and links verified on another device to a switch-tab
state; ensure this also handles returns without a created session ID rather than
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Preserve sign-up metadata when redeeming a ticket.

If implemented as specified, the callback omits configured unsafeMetadata. The legacy flow passes it to sign-up, so the new flow can lose metadata intended for the user. Read the ticket in the model and pass both values to signUp.ticket().

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--- "a/packages/mosaic/docs/internals/sign-in-sign-up-flow.md"
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@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 
 ### Entry actions
 
-Some URLs carry an action to run before the user does anything: a `__clerk_ticket` from an invitation, or the return from an email link. The model exposes it as data and a callback (`hasTicket`, `redeemTicket: () => signUp.ticket()`; `ticket()` reads the param itself, `clerk-js/src/core/resources/SignUp.ts:1281-1283`). The controller runs it on the `start` or `identifier` screen, then routes by the new step.
+Some URLs carry an action to run before the user does anything: a `__clerk_ticket` from an invitation, or the return from an email link. The model reads the ticket and exposes it as data and a callback (`hasTicket`, `redeemTicket: () => signUp.ticket({ ticket, unsafeMetadata })`). The controller runs it on the `start` or `identifier` screen, then routes by the new step.
 
 A ticket is single-use, so the guard is "not redeemed yet", not "first mount". A bare mount effect runs twice under React StrictMode and again on remount. Mosaic has no shared helper for this yet; the first feature that needs one adds it to `src/hooks/`.
 
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Some URLs carry an action to run before the user does anything: a `__clerk_ticket` from an invitation, or the return from an email link. The model exposes it as data and a callback (`hasTicket`, `redeemTicket: () => signUp.ticket()`; `ticket()` reads the param itself, `clerk-js/src/core/resources/SignUp.ts:1281-1283`). The controller runs it on the `start` or `identifier` screen, then routes by the new step.
Some URLs carry an action to run before the user does anything: a `__clerk_ticket` from an invitation, or the return from an email link. The model reads the ticket and exposes it as data and a callback (`hasTicket`, `redeemTicket: () => signUp.ticket({ ticket, unsafeMetadata })`). The controller runs it on the `start` or `identifier` screen, then routes by the new step.
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line 78:
Update the sign-up ticket redemption flow represented by redeemTicket so the
model reads the ticket and passes it together with configured unsafeMetadata to
signUp.ticket. Preserve the existing controller behavior of running redemption
on the start or identifier screen and routing by the resulting step.

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Some URLs carry an action to run before the user does anything: a `__clerk_ticket` from an invitation, or the return from an email link. The model exposes it as data and a callback (`hasTicket`, `redeemTicket: () => signUp.ticket()`; `ticket()` reads the param itself, `clerk-js/src/core/resources/SignUp.ts:1281-1283`). The controller runs it on the `start` or `identifier` screen, then routes by the new step.

A ticket is single-use, so the guard is "not redeemed yet", not "first mount". A bare mount effect runs twice under React StrictMode and again on remount. Mosaic has no shared helper for this yet; the first feature that needs one adds it to `src/hooks/`.

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Guard pending ticket redemption across remounts.

A ticket can still be unredeemed while its first request is pending. A guard based only on completed redemption can start a second request. Distinguish failures from success so the flow can recover.

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--- "a/packages/mosaic/docs/internals/sign-in-sign-up-flow.md"
+++ "b/packages/mosaic/docs/internals/sign-in-sign-up-flow.md"
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 
 Some URLs carry an action to run before the user does anything: a `__clerk_ticket` from an invitation, or the return from an email link. The model exposes it as data and a callback (`hasTicket`, `redeemTicket: () => signUp.ticket()`; `ticket()` reads the param itself, `clerk-js/src/core/resources/SignUp.ts:1281-1283`). The controller runs it on the `start` or `identifier` screen, then routes by the new step.
 
-A ticket is single-use, so the guard is "not redeemed yet", not "first mount". A bare mount effect runs twice under React StrictMode and again on remount. Mosaic has no shared helper for this yet; the first feature that needs one adds it to `src/hooks/`.
+A ticket is single-use. Track pending and successful redemptions per ticket across remounts, and do not start a second request while one is pending. Handle failures separately so the flow can recover without assuming the ticket remains unredeemed. A bare mount effect runs twice under React StrictMode and again on remount. Mosaic has no shared helper for this yet; the first feature that needs one adds it to `src/hooks/`.
 
 ### Transfer moves to FAPI
 
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A ticket is single-use, so the guard is "not redeemed yet", not "first mount". A bare mount effect runs twice under React StrictMode and again on remount. Mosaic has no shared helper for this yet; the first feature that needs one adds it to `src/hooks/`.
A ticket is single-use. Track pending and successful redemptions per ticket across remounts, and do not start a second request while one is pending. Handle failures separately so the flow can recover without assuming the ticket remains unredeemed. A bare mount effect runs twice under React StrictMode and again on remount. Mosaic has no shared helper for this yet; the first feature that needs one adds it to `src/hooks/`.
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Update the ticket redemption guidance in the sign-in/sign-up flow to require
per-ticket tracking of pending and successful redemptions across remounts,
preventing a second request while redemption is pending. Describe failure
handling separately so the flow can recover without assuming the ticket remains
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packages/mosaic/docs/internals/sign-in-sign-up-flow.md-147-147: 1

147-147: Major · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift

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Define a phase-1 fallback for per-target sends.

When a user switches to another email or phone with the same strategy, the bridge reports the first target’s sent state for the second target. The new flow can then ask for a code that was never sent. Define a client-side send or resend path for this case rather than waiting for FAPI to add per-target state.

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133-133: Major · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win

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Preserve transfers from sign-up to sign-in.

The proposed FAPI transfer covers an unknown identifier during sign-in. It does not cover an SSO sign-up whose identity already has an account. The current callback transfers that attempt to sign-in. Keep that client path until FAPI supports the reverse transfer too. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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- Line 54: Update the sign-in/sign-up flow documentation’s phase 1 `transfer`
step to specify that the handler calls `signUp.create({ transfer: true })`
before routing and describe how it handles errors. Make clear that changing
routes alone does not transfer the verified identity, and retain this behavior
until FAPI owns transfers.
- Line 75: Update the allowedRoute documentation to give the unknown-step
fallback precedence over route allowances: when the step is unknown, render the
“Start over” screen even if the current route is start, while preserving that
neither route table defines an unknown route for other current routes.
- Line 90: Update the sign-in flow around getSignInNextStep so a completed
password submission calls signIn.finalize() and handles its errors before
navigating; keep routeFor and go for the appropriate post-finalization
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| `second_factor` | `strategy`, `sent` | `factorTwo` |
| `client_trust` | | `clientTrust` |
| `new_password` | | `resetPassword` |
| `transfer` | | the sign-up's routes |

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Major · Data Integrity & Integration · Heavy lift

Execute transfers before routing in phase 1.

The bridge returns transfer before FAPI owns transfers. Changing routes does not transfer the verified identity. The current handler calls signUp.create({ transfer: true }) before routing. Specify that action and its error handling until FAPI replaces it. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @packages/mosaic/docs/internals/sign-in-sign-up-flow.md at
line 54:
Update the sign-in/sign-up flow documentation’s phase 1 `transfer` step to
specify that the handler calls `signUp.create({ transfer: true })` before
routing and describe how it handles errors. Make clear that changing routes
alone does not transfer the verified identity, and retain this behavior until
FAPI owns transfers.

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The route decides what shows. The step decides which routes are usable and where to go after a submit. Two pure functions in the feature hold the tables above:

- `routeFor(step)`: the step's route.
- `allowedRoute(route, step)`: `true` for `start`, for the step's own route, and for `continue` while sign-up verifies, so the user can edit a field.

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Give unknown precedence over start.

When the step is unknown and the current route is start, this rule renders the start form instead of the promised “Start over” screen. Neither route table defines an unknown route for other current routes. Define the fallback before applying route allowances.

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Review comment at @packages/mosaic/docs/internals/sign-in-sign-up-flow.md at
line 75:
Update the allowedRoute documentation to give the unknown-step fallback
precedence over route allowances: when the step is unknown, render the “Start
over” screen even if the current route is start, while preserving that neither
route table defines an unknown route for other current routes.

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```ts
const { error } = await signIn.password({ password });
if (error) return showError(error);
go(routeFor(getSignInNextStep(signIn)));

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Major · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Finalize a completed sign-in before leaving the flow.

A successful password submission can produce complete. A pure routeFor and go cannot activate its session. signIn.finalize() performs that activation. Specify the completion action and its error handling before navigation. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @packages/mosaic/docs/internals/sign-in-sign-up-flow.md at
line 90:
Update the sign-in flow around getSignInNextStep so a completed password
submission calls signIn.finalize() and handles its errors before navigating;
keep routeFor and go for the appropriate post-finalization navigation path.

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