From 08d831dbda502bb11ea7b5427c58524dd861d53f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dylan Staley <88163+dstaley@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 11:40:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(clerk-js): Only reload client if session is not present

---
 .changeset/strict-hornets-kneel.md             | 2 ++
 packages/clerk-js/src/core/resources/SignIn.ts | 7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/strict-hornets-kneel.md

diff --git a/.changeset/strict-hornets-kneel.md b/.changeset/strict-hornets-kneel.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a845151cc84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/strict-hornets-kneel.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+---
diff --git a/packages/clerk-js/src/core/resources/SignIn.ts b/packages/clerk-js/src/core/resources/SignIn.ts
index 5f9e53b58c2..42a42417803 100644
--- a/packages/clerk-js/src/core/resources/SignIn.ts
+++ b/packages/clerk-js/src/core/resources/SignIn.ts
@@ -1117,8 +1117,11 @@ class SignInFuture implements SignInFutureResource {
         throw new Error('Cannot finalize sign-in without a created session.');
       }
 
-      // Reload the client to prevent an issue where the created session is not picked up.
-      await SignIn.clerk.client?.reload();
+      // Reload the client if the created session is not in the client's sessions. This can happen during modal SSO
+      // flows where the in-memory client does not have the created session.
+      if (SignIn.clerk.client && !SignIn.clerk.client.sessions.some(s => s.id === this.resource.createdSessionId)) {
+        await SignIn.clerk.client.reload();
+      }
 
       await SignIn.clerk.setActive({ session: this.resource.createdSessionId, navigate });
     });