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Summary

• getToken() on a non-active session was emitting TokenUpdate, so AuthCookieService wrote that user's JWT into __session while the tab still showed the active user.
• #hydrateCache had the same gap (shouldDispatchTokenUpdate = true for every session).
• Both paths now require this session to be clerk.session / client.lastActiveSessionId. Inactive sessions still return a token; they just do not touch the cookie.

Fixes #9972

Test plan

• Added a Session test: getToken() on session_other while clerk.session is session_active does not emit token:update, and still returns the JWT.
• Existing token:update cases now set clerk.session.id to the session under test.
• CI clerk-js Session tests

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📝 Walkthrough

Token updates now dispatch only when the session matches the active client session. This check applies during cache hydration and token fetching. The session ID comparison uses clerk.session.id, falling back to clerk.client.lastActiveSessionId. Tests cover a non-active session returning its token without dispatching token:update.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: jacekradko

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to e4a7f

This change stops getToken() on an inactive session from overwriting the __session cookie. A narrow race remains: switching sessions while a token request is pending can still write the former session's token. Re-check the active session just before dispatching; the risk is low and bounded.

Pre-merge checks: 5

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preventing getToken() for a non-active session from writing to the __session cookie.
Description check		The description directly explains the bug, the implementation changes, the expected behavior, the linked issue, and the test plan.
Linked Issues check		Issue #9972 requires only the active session to update __session, while getToken() on another session still returns a token. Session.#isActiveClientSession() compares the session ID with `clerk.…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes stay within issue #9972. The source change limits token-update dispatch for cache hydration and token retrieval. The test changes cover the active-session condition and inactive-session be…
Docstring Coverage		No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 2…

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Explanation

Issue #9972 requires only the active session to update __session, while getToken() on another session still returns a token. Session.#isActiveClientSession() compares the session ID with clerk.session.id and falls back to client.lastActiveSessionId. Both #hydrateCache and getToken() use this check before dispatching token:update. The new Session test verifies that an inactive session returns mockJwt and emits no token:update event. The changes also update active-session test setup and add the required patch changeset.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

The changes stay within issue #9972. The source change limits token-update dispatch for cache hydration and token retrieval. The test changes cover the active-session condition and inactive-session behavior. The changeset documents the fix. No unrelated product behavior is changed.

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Review comments at @packages/clerk-js/src/core/resources/Session.ts:
- Line 223: Update the TokenUpdate emission paths in the session token
resolution flow to call #isActiveClientSession() immediately before each
dispatch instead of relying on the earlier shouldDispatchTokenUpdate snapshot.
Apply this to both cached-token and background-refresh emissions so a session
switch during token resolution prevents dispatch for the former active session.

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Recheck the active session before dispatching TokenUpdate.

shouldDispatchTokenUpdate is captured before cached-token resolution and before #fetchToken completes. If the active session changes during either operation, the stale true value can emit TokenUpdate for the former active session. AuthCookieService handles that event through updateSessionCookie without another active-session check.

Re-evaluate #isActiveClientSession() immediately before each TokenUpdate emission, including the cached-token and background-refresh paths.

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Review comment at @packages/clerk-js/src/core/resources/Session.ts at line 223:
Update the TokenUpdate emission paths in the session token resolution flow to
call #isActiveClientSession() immediately before each dispatch instead of
relying on the earlier shouldDispatchTokenUpdate snapshot. Apply this to both
cached-token and background-refresh emissions so a session switch during token
resolution prevents dispatch for the former active session.

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Thank you for the contribution, @umeraamir69. In an effort to reduce spam and automated PRs, we're going to close this one and discuss the issue internally.

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