Documentation: Firebase documentation is not mentioning error code `auth/requires-recent-login` for `verifyBeforeUpdateEmail`

[victorfrederiknielsen]

Describe your environment

• Operating System version: OSX Big Sur 11.2.3
• Browser version: Chrome Version 91.0.4472.164 (Official Build) (x86_64)
• Firebase SDK version: "firebase": "^8.2.4"
• Firebase Product: Documentation

Describe the problem

Firebase documentation is not mentioning error code auth/requires-recent-login for verifyBeforeUpdateEmail and does not mention verifyBeforeUpdateEmail being a sensitive operation.

Link to docs:
https://firebase.google.com/docs/reference/js/firebase.User#verifybeforeupdateemail

Steps to reproduce:

• Authenticate with firebase (Email/password)
• Wait until you're not longer recently authenticated.
• Run firebase.auth().currentUser.verifyBeforeUpdateEmail(email)
• Error.code is auth/requires-recent-login

Relevant Code:

          firebase
            .auth()
            .currentUser.verifyBeforeUpdateEmail(email)
            .then(() => {
              // success
            })
            .catch(error => {
              // error.code 'auth/requires-recent-login'
            });

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[Gismo1337]

Any news? I deleted useraccounts 14 days straight using this function deleteUser(user) . I don't know why this error appears today without any changes at the firebase code.

[Unhandled promise rejection: FirebaseError: Firebase: Error (auth/requires-recent-login).]

[sam-gc]

For sensitive operations like deleting the user or password update, the user needs to have been logged in recently. You can use signInWithCredential to do this.

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[victorfrederiknielsen]

I didn't see if this was fixed, but I don't know how to clarify this.

Feel free to reach out.