Fix netid: Clerk API fallback with TTL cache#24
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The JWT email is the user's primary email (e.g. Gmail), not necessarily their Princeton email. When the JWT email isn't @princeton.edu, the backend now calls the Clerk Backend API to check all verified emails on the account. - Add resolve_princeton_netid() async function with Clerk API fallback - Add 5-minute TTL cache so email removals propagate without restart - Requires CLERK_SECRET_KEY env var on the backend Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Problem
Users whose primary Clerk email is Gmail (not Princeton) never got their netid resolved, even if they had a verified @princeton.edu email on their account. Also, the netid cache had no TTL — removing a Princeton email didn't take effect until process restart.
Fix
resolve_princeton_netid()now calls Clerk Backend API to check all verified emails when JWT primary email isn't PrincetonCLERK_SECRET_KEYenv var on backend (already set on EC2)🤖 Generated with Claude Code