feat(ui): add multiSessionStart prop to SignIn by djgould · Pull Request #9651 · clerk/javascript

djgould · 2026-09-03T17:16:42Z

Description

Stacked on #9683.

Adds a multiSessionStart prop to <SignIn />. With multiSessionStart="switcher", a signed-in user on a multi-session instance lands on the account switcher (the choose route) instead of the sign-in form. The default "form" keeps today's behavior. The prop is ignored in single-session mode.

Why. FAPI sends OAuth consent requests through signInUrl?redirect_url=… and expects the sign-in UI to forward users who are already signed in. That only happens in single-session mode. On multi-session instances (for example clerk auth login against the dashboard) a signed-in user has to sign in again.

How it works

The sign-in start screen redirects to choose with a history replace, so Back leaves the sign-in page instead of looping.
The "is anyone signed in" check runs once when the screen mounts. Signing in on the form adds a session before the after-sign-in redirect runs, and a live check would swap the form for the switcher mid-flow.
"Add account" from the switcher, <UserButton />, and the Mosaic user button adds __clerk_add_account=true to the sign-in URL. The start screen shows the form when it is set. The router keeps it across internal navigation and the OAuth / email-link callback, so a failed attempt comes back to the form with its error instead of the switcher.
"Add account" from the switcher keeps the current redirect_url.
In a modal, "Add account" navigates to the sign-in page. The modal itself cannot show the form.
"Sign out of all accounts" is unchanged.

Prior art: #9583.

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pnpm test runs as expected.
pnpm build runs as expected.
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The change adds __experimental_multiSessionStart to SignInProps. Multi-session sign-in can start in the identifier form or account switcher. Add-account navigation uses __clerk_add_account, preserves redirect_url, and retains the marker during internal routing. Signed-in multi-session instances can redirect to the account chooser, while single-session and explicit add-account flows remain on the sign-in form.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to a3b29

This adds multi-session sign-in switching and add-account navigation, but hash-routed users can be redirected back to the account chooser instead of reaching the sign-in form. The add-account URL contract should be corrected and covered before merge.

Suggested reviewers: alexcarpenter, zourzouvillys

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In `@packages/ui/src/components/SignIn/__tests__/SignInAccountSwitcher.test.tsx`:
- Around line 59-62: Update the redirect-case assertion in the
SignInAccountSwitcher test to verify the same navigation call contains both the
encoded redirect_url and __clerk_add_account=true, preferably using
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In `@packages/ui/src/components/SignIn/SignInAccountSwitcher.tsx`:
- Line 28: Update the add-account URL construction in SignInAccountSwitcher so
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packages/ui/src/components/SignIn/SignInStart.tsx
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API Changes Report

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Summary

Metric	Count
Packages analyzed	19
Packages with changes	2
🔴 Breaking changes	0
🟡 Non-breaking changes	2
🟢 Additions	1

🤖 This report was reviewed by claude-sonnet-4-6.

@clerk/nuxt

Current version: 3.1.0
Recommended bump: MINOR → 3.2.0

Subpath `./components`

🟡 Non-breaking Changes (1)

Modified: `SignIn`

Diff (before: 73 lines, after: 77 lines). Click to expand.

// ... 15 unchanged lines elided ...
    withSignUp?: boolean;
    oauthFlow?: "auto" | "redirect" | "popup";
    oidcPrompt?: string;
+   __experimental_multiSessionStart?: "form" | "switcher";
  } & import("@clerk/shared/types").TransferableOption & import("@clerk/shared/types").SignUpForceRedirectUrl & import("@clerk/shared/types").SignUpFallbackRedirectUrl & import("@clerk/shared/types").AfterSignOutUrl) | ({
    path?: never;
    routing?: Extract<import("@clerk/shared/types").RoutingStrategy, "hash">;
  } & {
    forceRedirectUrl?: string | null;
    fallbackRedirectUrl?: string | null;
    signInUrl?: string;
    signUpUrl?: string;
    appearance?: import("@clerk/shared/types").ClerkAppearanceTheme;
    initialValues?: import("@clerk/shared/types").SignInInitialValues & import("@clerk/shared/types").SignUpInitialValues;
    __experimental?: Record<string, any> & {
      newComponents?: boolean;
    };
    waitlistUrl?: string;
    unsafeMetadata?: SignUpUnsafeMetadata;
    withSignUp?: boolean;
    oauthFlow?: "auto" | "redirect" | "popup";
    oidcPrompt?: string;
+   __experimental_multiSessionStart?: "form" | "switcher";
  } & import("@clerk/shared/types").TransferableOption & import("@clerk/shared/types").SignUpForceRedirectUrl & import("@clerk/shared/types").SignUpFallbackRedirectUrl & import("@clerk/shared/types").AfterSignOutUrl), {}, {}, {}, {}, import("vue").ComponentOptionsMixin, import("vue").ComponentOptionsMixin, {}, string, import("vue").PublicProps, Readonly<({
    path: string | undefined;
    routing?: Extract<import("@clerk/shared/types").RoutingStrategy, "path">;
  } & {
    forceRedirectUrl?: string | null;
    fallbackRedirectUrl?: string | null;
    signInUrl?: string;
    signUpUrl?: string;
    appearance?: import("@clerk/shared/types").ClerkAppearanceTheme;
    initialValues?: import("@clerk/shared/types").SignInInitialValues & import("@clerk/shared/types").SignUpInitialValues;
    __experimental?: Record<string, any> & {
      newComponents?: boolean;
    };
    waitlistUrl?: string;
    unsafeMetadata?: SignUpUnsafeMetadata;
    withSignUp?: boolean;
    oauthFlow?: "auto" | "redirect" | "popup";
    oidcPrompt?: string;
+   __experimental_multiSessionStart?: "form" | "switcher";
  } & import("@clerk/shared/types").TransferableOption & import("@clerk/shared/types").SignUpForceRedirectUrl & import("@clerk/shared/types").SignUpFallbackRedirectUrl & import("@clerk/shared/types").AfterSignOutUrl) | ({
    path?: never;
    routing?: Extract<import("@clerk/shared/types").RoutingStrategy, "hash">;
  } & {
    forceRedirectUrl?: string | null;
    fallbackRedirectUrl?: string | null;
    signInUrl?: string;
    signUpUrl?: string;
    appearance?: import("@clerk/shared/types").ClerkAppearanceTheme;
    initialValues?: import("@clerk/shared/types").SignInInitialValues & import("@clerk/shared/types").SignUpInitialValues;
    __experimental?: Record<string, any> & {
      newComponents?: boolean;
    };
    waitlistUrl?: string;
    unsafeMetadata?: SignUpUnsafeMetadata;
    withSignUp?: boolean;
    oauthFlow?: "auto" | "redirect" | "popup";
    oidcPrompt?: string;
+   __experimental_multiSessionStart?: "form" | "switcher";
  } & import("@clerk/shared/types").TransferableOption & import("@clerk/shared/types").SignUpForceRedirectUrl & import("@clerk/shared/types").SignUpFallbackRedirectUrl & import("@clerk/shared/types").AfterSignOutUrl)> & Readonly<{}>, {}, {}, {}, {}, string, import("vue").ComponentProvideOptions, false, {}, any>

Static analyzer: Breaking change in variable SignIn: Type changed: import("@vue/runtime-core").DefineComponent<(import("@clerk/shared").AfterSignOutUrl&import("@clerk/shared").SignUpFall… → import("@vue/runtime-core").DefineComponent<(import("@clerk/shared").AfterSignOutUrl&import("@clerk/shared").SignUpFall…

🤖 AI review (reclassified as non-breaking) (95%): The only difference between before and after is the addition of a new optional property __experimental_multiSessionStart?: "form" | "switcher" to the component's props type (an input position); adding a new optional property to an input type is non-breaking since existing consumers neither need to pass it nor rely on its absence.

@clerk/shared

Current version: 4.31.0
Recommended bump: MINOR → 4.32.0

Subpath `./internal/clerk-js/constants`

🟢 Additions (1)

Added: `CLERK_ADD_ACCOUNT`

+ CLERK_ADD_ACCOUNT = "__clerk_add_account"

Added variable CLERK_ADD_ACCOUNT

Subpath `./types`

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Modified: `SignInProps`

// ... 12 unchanged lines elided ...
    withSignUp?: boolean;
    oauthFlow?: 'auto' | 'redirect' | 'popup';
    oidcPrompt?: string;
+   __experimental_multiSessionStart?: 'form' | 'switcher';
  } & TransferableOption & SignUpForceRedirectUrl & SignUpFallbackRedirectUrl & AfterSignOutUrl;

Static analyzer: Breaking change in type alias SignInProps: Type changed: import("@clerk/shared").AfterSignOutUrl&import("@clerk/shared").RoutingOptions&import("@clerk/shared").SignUpFallbackRe… → import("@clerk/shared").AfterSignOutUrl&import("@clerk/shared").RoutingOptions&import("@clerk/shared").SignUpFallbackRe…

🤖 AI review (reclassified as non-breaking) (95%): The only change is adding a new optional property __experimental_multiSessionStart?: 'form' | 'switcher' to SignInProps; adding an optional property to an input type does not break existing callers who omit it, and the __experimental_ prefix signals it is not part of the stable contract.

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Internal guards that redirect to a route inside the same component (task guards, the upcoming account-switcher redirect) push a history entry, so Back lands on the route that immediately redirects again. `navigate` and `withRedirect` now accept `{ replace: true }`, threaded through PathRouter (clerk.navigate already honors it), HashRouter (window.location.replace), and VirtualRouter (no history, ignored). Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

On multi-session instances, __experimental_multiSessionStart='switcher' starts a signed-in visitor on the existing account switcher (choose route) instead of the identifier form. Default 'form' keeps current behavior; ignored in single-session mode. The switcher's "Add account" action now keeps the current redirect_url and sets __clerk_add_account, which the start screen honors to render the form and the router preserves across internal navigations. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

…s them Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

- Snapshot signed-in sessions on mount so completing a sign-in never swaps the form for the switcher - Redirect to the switcher with a history replace so Back leaves sign-in - Carry `__clerk_add_account` through the OAuth/email-link callback so a failed add-account attempt shows its error - Set the add-account flag from every "Add account" entry point via a shared `buildAddAccountUrl` - Make the account-switcher guard the outermost HOC so the single-session check is load-bearing Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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