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SAML login deleted its credential before 2FA validation, causing every authenticator-code retry to fail. The TOTP modal then mislabeled the missing-credential error as an invalid code.

  • Credential lifecycle: Retain credentials for totp-required and totp-invalid retries without extending their original 60-second expiry. Atomically consume unexpired credentials in the awaited login validator before session issuance; remove them on terminal failures.
  • Error reporting: Reserve invalid-code messaging for totp-invalid; surface other failures through the standard error toast.
  • Regression coverage: Cover challenge/retry/success, expiration, replay and concurrent consumption, terminal cleanup, and modal error classification.

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Resolves: #42069

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved two-factor authentication error handling: invalid codes show field-level feedback and can be retried, while other failures appear as error notifications.
    • SAML sign-ins now preserve authentication credentials during required two-factor verification and securely consume them after successful completion.
    • Authentication credentials are cleaned up appropriately when sign-in attempts fail or expire.
  • Tests

    • Expanded coverage for two-factor retries, SAML authentication flows, credential expiry, concurrent sign-ins, and failure scenarios.

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The PR updates TOTP modal error handling and coordinates SAML credential-token consumption across login validation, 2FA retries, expiration, concurrency, and failure paths.

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TOTP error handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
TOTP modal error handling
apps/meteor/client/components/TwoFactorModal/TwoFactorTotpModal.tsx, apps/meteor/client/components/TwoFactorModal/TwoFactorTotpModal.spec.tsx
Invalid TOTP codes keep the field error and clear the input. Other failures dispatch an error toast. Tests cover retries and non-code failures.

SAML credential lifecycle

Layer / File(s) Summary
SAML credential retrieval and terminal cleanup
apps/meteor/server/lib/saml/loginHandler.ts
The SAML handler keeps credentials for downstream validation and removes them when retrieval, profile mapping, or user updates fail.
Login validation and credential consumption
apps/meteor/server/lib/auth/startup.js
SAML validation consumes valid credentials atomically. Retryable TOTP errors preserve credentials. Terminal failures remove them.
SAML credential lifecycle validation
apps/meteor/tests/unit/server/lib/saml/loginHandler.spec.ts
Tests cover TOTP retries, successful consumption, expiration, concurrency, nested requests, terminal failures, and SAML handler errors.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 30a2f

Concurrent SAML attempts can repeat login hooks and account updates even though only one session succeeds. This should be corrected before merge.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant SAMLLoginHandler
  participant AccountsValidateLoginAttempt
  participant TOTPLoginHandler
  participant CredentialTokens
  SAMLLoginHandler->>AccountsValidateLoginAttempt: submit SAML login with credentialToken
  AccountsValidateLoginAttempt->>TOTPLoginHandler: validate delegated TOTP request
  TOTPLoginHandler-->>AccountsValidateLoginAttempt: return validation result or retryable error
  AccountsValidateLoginAttempt->>CredentialTokens: consume credential after success
  AccountsValidateLoginAttempt->>CredentialTokens: remove credential after terminal failure
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apps/meteor/server/lib/saml/loginHandler.ts (1)

47-47: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Remove the added implementation comments.

  • apps/meteor/server/lib/saml/loginHandler.ts#L47-L47: remove the credential-lifecycle comment.
  • apps/meteor/server/lib/auth/startup.js#L477-L477: remove the async-support comment.
  • apps/meteor/server/lib/auth/startup.js#L483-L483: remove the TOTP delegation comment.
  • apps/meteor/server/lib/auth/startup.js#L499-L500: remove the credential-consumption comment.

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In `@apps/meteor/server/lib/saml/loginHandler.ts` at line 47, Remove the added
implementation comments without changing surrounding logic: delete the
credential-lifecycle comment in apps/meteor/server/lib/saml/loginHandler.ts
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In `@apps/meteor/server/lib/auth/startup.js`:
- Line 501: Move credential consumption in validateLoginAttemptAsync so
removeNotExpiredById atomically runs after validation callbacks succeed but
before lastLogin updates, afterValidateLogin scheduling, and IPostUserLoggedIn
execution. Keep the credential available for totp-required and totp-invalid
retries, and extend the concurrency test to verify each login effect executes
only once.

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In `@apps/meteor/server/lib/saml/loginHandler.ts`:
- Line 47: Remove the added implementation comments without changing surrounding
logic: delete the credential-lifecycle comment in
apps/meteor/server/lib/saml/loginHandler.ts lines 47-47, the async-support
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// Consume atomically before Meteor issues a login token, not in the deferred
// afterValidateLogin hook. Concurrent attempts and expired credentials must fail.
if (!(await CredentialTokens.removeNotExpiredById(credentialToken))) {

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Consume the credential before login-validation side effects.

validateLoginAttemptAsync updates lastLogin, schedules afterValidateLogin, and triggers IPostUserLoggedIn before removeNotExpiredById atomically deletes the credential. Concurrent SAML requests can both run these effects, although only one request receives a session. Consume the credential after the validation callbacks succeed but before these effects. Leave it available for totp-required and totp-invalid retries. Extend the concurrency test to assert that each effect runs once.

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In `@apps/meteor/server/lib/auth/startup.js` at line 501, Move credential
consumption in validateLoginAttemptAsync so removeNotExpiredById atomically runs
after validation callbacks succeed but before lastLogin updates,
afterValidateLogin scheduling, and IPostUserLoggedIn execution. Keep the
credential available for totp-required and totp-invalid retries, and extend the
concurrency test to verify each login effect executes only once.

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<file name="apps/meteor/server/lib/auth/startup.js">

<violation number="1" location="apps/meteor/server/lib/auth/startup.js:493">
P2: When two requests use the same valid SAML credential concurrently, both run `validateLoginAttemptAsync` before either calls `removeNotExpiredById`. The losing request therefore still updates last-login state and emits `IPostUserLoggedIn`/`afterValidateLogin` effects before it is rejected. Consume the credential immediately after validation succeeds, then run success side effects and issue the session.

(Based on your team's feedback about concurrency and sequencing.)</violation>

<violation number="2" location="apps/meteor/server/lib/auth/startup.js:493">
P0: When a SAML attempt needs or rejects TOTP, the handler has already persisted a personal access token before this validator runs. Defer token persistence until validation succeeds or revoke every token created by a rejected attempt.</violation>
</file>

<file name="apps/meteor/client/components/TwoFactorModal/TwoFactorTotpModal.tsx">

<violation number="1" location="apps/meteor/client/components/TwoFactorModal/TwoFactorTotpModal.tsx:53">
P2: When `onConfirm` comes from `overrideLoginMethod`, non-`totp-invalid` TOTP failures are already toasted before the promise rejects. This branch adds a duplicate toast, so coordinate toast ownership and dispatch the failure only once.</violation>
</file>

<file name="apps/meteor/client/components/TwoFactorModal/TwoFactorTotpModal.spec.tsx">

<violation number="1" location="apps/meteor/client/components/TwoFactorModal/TwoFactorTotpModal.spec.tsx:36">
P3: In the `it.each` cases, `reason` is never used: the callback only destructures the first element (`error`), and the `%s` title placeholder renders the whole case object as `[object Object]`. The first two cases therefore produce unhelpful test names (`... : [object Object]`) in CI output and carry dead data. Either drop `reason` or surface it in the title, e.g. destructure the case and use a named placeholder or append `error.reason` to the title.</violation>
</file>

<file name="apps/meteor/tests/unit/server/lib/saml/loginHandler.spec.ts">

<violation number="1" location="apps/meteor/tests/unit/server/lib/saml/loginHandler.spec.ts:213">
P2: Extend the concurrent-login regression test to assert that `lastLogin`, `afterValidateLogin`, and `IPostUserLoggedIn` each run once. The current assertions only verify the session outcome and would miss duplicate side effects.</violation>
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const allowed = await validateLoginAttemptAsync.call(this, login);

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P0: When a SAML attempt needs or rejects TOTP, the handler has already persisted a personal access token before this validator runs. Defer token persistence until validation succeeds or revoke every token created by a rejected attempt.

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<comment>When a SAML attempt needs or rejects TOTP, the handler has already persisted a personal access token before this validator runs. Defer token persistence until validation succeeds or revoke every token created by a rejected attempt.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -473,9 +473,42 @@ const validateLoginAttemptAsync = async function (login) {
+	}
+
+	try {
+		const allowed = await validateLoginAttemptAsync.call(this, login);
+		if (!allowed) {
+			await CredentialTokens.removeById(credentialToken);
</file context>

}

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const allowed = await validateLoginAttemptAsync.call(this, login);

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P2: When two requests use the same valid SAML credential concurrently, both run validateLoginAttemptAsync before either calls removeNotExpiredById. The losing request therefore still updates last-login state and emits IPostUserLoggedIn/afterValidateLogin effects before it is rejected. Consume the credential immediately after validation succeeds, then run success side effects and issue the session.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At apps/meteor/server/lib/auth/startup.js, line 493:

<comment>When two requests use the same valid SAML credential concurrently, both run `validateLoginAttemptAsync` before either calls `removeNotExpiredById`. The losing request therefore still updates last-login state and emits `IPostUserLoggedIn`/`afterValidateLogin` effects before it is rejected. Consume the credential immediately after validation succeeds, then run success side effects and issue the session.

(Based on your team's feedback about concurrency and sequencing.) </comment>

<file context>
@@ -473,9 +473,42 @@ const validateLoginAttemptAsync = async function (login) {
+	}
+
+	try {
+		const allowed = await validateLoginAttemptAsync.call(this, login);
+		if (!allowed) {
+			await CredentialTokens.removeById(credentialToken);
</file context>

await onConfirm(code, Method.TOTP);
} catch (error) {
if (!isTotpInvalidError(error)) {
dispatchToastMessage({ type: 'error', message: error });

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P2: When onConfirm comes from overrideLoginMethod, non-totp-invalid TOTP failures are already toasted before the promise rejects. This branch adds a duplicate toast, so coordinate toast ownership and dispatch the failure only once.

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<comment>When `onConfirm` comes from `overrideLoginMethod`, non-`totp-invalid` TOTP failures are already toasted before the promise rejects. This branch adds a duplicate toast, so coordinate toast ownership and dispatch the failure only once.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -46,6 +49,10 @@ const TwoFactorTotpModal = ({ onConfirm, onClose, onDismiss, invalidAttempt }: T
 			await onConfirm(code, Method.TOTP);
 		} catch (error) {
+			if (!isTotpInvalidError(error)) {
+				dispatchToastMessage({ type: 'error', message: error });
+				return;
+			}
</file context>


it('should allow only one concurrent successful login with the same credential', async () => {
const results = await Promise.allSettled([attemptLogin(request), attemptLogin(request)]);
expect(results.filter(({ status }) => status === 'fulfilled')).to.have.lengthOf(1);

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P2: Extend the concurrent-login regression test to assert that lastLogin, afterValidateLogin, and IPostUserLoggedIn each run once. The current assertions only verify the session outcome and would miss duplicate side effects.

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<comment>Extend the concurrent-login regression test to assert that `lastLogin`, `afterValidateLogin`, and `IPostUserLoggedIn` each run once. The current assertions only verify the session outcome and would miss duplicate side effects.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -65,10 +182,104 @@ describe('SAML loginHandler', () => {
+
+	it('should allow only one concurrent successful login with the same credential', async () => {
+		const results = await Promise.allSettled([attemptLogin(request), attemptLogin(request)]);
+		expect(results.filter(({ status }) => status === 'fulfilled')).to.have.lengthOf(1);
+		expect(results.filter(({ status }) => status === 'rejected')).to.have.lengthOf(1);
+	});
</file context>

{ error: 403, reason: 'No matching login attempt found' },
{ error: 'totp-max-attempts', reason: 'TOTP Maximun Failed Attempts Reached' },
new Error('Network unavailable'),
])('should report a non-code failure without labeling the code invalid: %s', async (error) => {

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P3: In the it.each cases, reason is never used: the callback only destructures the first element (error), and the %s title placeholder renders the whole case object as [object Object]. The first two cases therefore produce unhelpful test names (... : [object Object]) in CI output and carry dead data. Either drop reason or surface it in the title, e.g. destructure the case and use a named placeholder or append error.reason to the title.

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<comment>In the `it.each` cases, `reason` is never used: the callback only destructures the first element (`error`), and the `%s` title placeholder renders the whole case object as `[object Object]`. The first two cases therefore produce unhelpful test names (`... : [object Object]`) in CI output and carry dead data. Either drop `reason` or surface it in the title, e.g. destructure the case and use a named placeholder or append `error.reason` to the title.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+		{ error: 403, reason: 'No matching login attempt found' },
+		{ error: 'totp-max-attempts', reason: 'TOTP Maximun Failed Attempts Reached' },
+		new Error('Network unavailable'),
+	])('should report a non-code failure without labeling the code invalid: %s', async (error) => {
+		const user = userEvent.setup();
+		render(<TwoFactorTotpModal onConfirm={jest.fn().mockRejectedValue(error)} onClose={jest.fn()} />, { wrapper });
</file context>

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Thank you for your bug report and contribution. Your approach fixes the issue but not in a preferred way.

I created a new PR fixing this issue with a different approach, where instead of removing the token, it extends the life of credential token if 2FA is required for the user. This approach is similar to what happens for other OAuth methods.

I would appreciate if you can help us further with the review of fix #42099 and check if it works for you. Thanks!

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