Firebase 'requires-recent-login'

Question

I would like to know about firebase requires-recent-login. If I reauthenticate user like this

firebase.auth().currentUser.reauthenticateAndRetrieveDataWithCredential(
  firebase.auth.EmailAuthProvider.credential(firebase.auth().currentUser.email,
  typedpassword))

to let user change password or email, is there any possibility that requires-recent-login error comes out?

Answer 1

Some actions require recent authentication and it fails with a auth/requires-recent-login error code.

One action that requires recent authentication is the updating of email.

The solution is to reauthenticate the user, before retrying the action.

import { getAuth, reauthenticateWithCredential } from 'firebase/auth';

const auth = getAuth();
const user = auth.currentUser;

// TODO(you): prompt the user to re-provide their sign-in credentials
const credential = promptForCredentials();

reauthenticateWithCredential(user, credential).then(() => {
  // User re-authenticated.
}).catch((error) => {
  // An error ocurred
  // ...
});