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feat: add passwordless authentication support
Nov 17, 2025
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chore: remove unnecessary e2e tests
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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions .changeset/wise-crews-think.md
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---
'@aws-amplify/auth-construct': minor
'@aws-amplify/backend-auth': minor
'@aws-amplify/backend': minor
---

Added support for passwordless authentication
5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions .eslint_dictionary.json
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"aggregator",
"amazonaws",
"amazoncognito",
"amplifyapp",
"amplifyconfiguration",
"ampx",
"anonymize",
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"argv",
"arn",
"arns",
"authn",
"aws",
"backends",
"biometric",
"birthdate",
"bundler",
"callee",
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"orchestrator",
"outdir",
"passthrough",
"passwordless",
"pathname",
"pipelined",
"pnpm",
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"verifier",
"versioned",
"versioning",
"webauthn",
"whoami",
"wildcard",
"wildcards",
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23 changes: 12 additions & 11 deletions package-lock.json
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12 changes: 12 additions & 0 deletions packages/auth-construct/API.md
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Expand Up @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export type AuthProps = {
loginWith: {
email?: EmailLogin;
phone?: PhoneNumberLogin;
webAuthn?: WebAuthnLogin;
externalProviders?: ExternalProviderOptions;
};
senders?: {
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emailBody?: (username: () => string, code: () => string) => string;
smsMessage?: (username: () => string, code: () => string) => string;
};
otpLogin?: boolean;
};

// @public
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// @public
export type PhoneNumberLogin = true | {
verificationMessage?: (createCode: () => string) => string;
otpLogin?: boolean;
};

// @public
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verificationEmailSubject?: string;
};

// @public
export type WebAuthnLogin = true | WebAuthnOptions;

// @public
export type WebAuthnOptions = {
relyingPartyId: string;
userVerification?: 'required' | 'preferred';
};

// (No @packageDocumentation comment for this package)

```
1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions packages/auth-construct/package.json
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"dependencies": {
"@aws-amplify/backend-output-schemas": "^1.7.1",
"@aws-amplify/backend-output-storage": "^1.3.2",
"@aws-amplify/platform-core": "^1.10.2",
"@aws-amplify/plugin-types": "^1.11.1",
"@aws-sdk/util-arn-parser": "^3.723.0"
},
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Expand Up @@ -3144,4 +3144,190 @@ void describe('Auth construct', () => {
UserPoolName: Match.absent(),
});
});

void describe('passwordless authentication', () => {
void it('configures email OTP when otpLogin is enabled', () => {
const app = new App();
const stack = new Stack(app);
new AmplifyAuth(stack, 'test', {
loginWith: {
email: {
otpLogin: true,
},
},
});
const template = Template.fromStack(stack);
template.hasResourceProperties('AWS::Cognito::UserPool', {
Policies: {
SignInPolicy: {
AllowedFirstAuthFactors: ['PASSWORD', 'EMAIL_OTP'],
},
},
});
template.hasResourceProperties('AWS::Cognito::UserPoolClient', {
ExplicitAuthFlows: Match.arrayWith(['ALLOW_USER_AUTH']),
});
});

void it('configures SMS OTP when otpLogin is enabled', () => {
const app = new App();
const stack = new Stack(app);
new AmplifyAuth(stack, 'test', {
loginWith: {
phone: {
otpLogin: true,
},
},
});
const template = Template.fromStack(stack);
template.hasResourceProperties('AWS::Cognito::UserPool', {
Policies: {
SignInPolicy: {
AllowedFirstAuthFactors: ['PASSWORD', 'SMS_OTP'],
},
},
});
template.hasResourceProperties('AWS::Cognito::UserPoolClient', {
ExplicitAuthFlows: Match.arrayWith(['ALLOW_USER_AUTH']),
});
});

void it('configures WebAuthn with default settings', () => {
const app = new App();
const stack = new Stack(app);
stack.node.setContext('amplify-backend-type', 'sandbox');
new AmplifyAuth(stack, 'test', {
loginWith: {
email: true,
webAuthn: true,
},
});
const template = Template.fromStack(stack);
template.hasResourceProperties('AWS::Cognito::UserPool', {
Policies: {
SignInPolicy: {
AllowedFirstAuthFactors: ['PASSWORD', 'WEB_AUTHN'],
},
},
WebAuthnRelyingPartyID: 'localhost',
WebAuthnUserVerification: 'preferred',
});
template.hasResourceProperties('AWS::Cognito::UserPoolClient', {
ExplicitAuthFlows: Match.arrayWith(['ALLOW_USER_AUTH']),
});
});

void it('configures WebAuthn with custom settings', () => {
const app = new App();
const stack = new Stack(app);
new AmplifyAuth(stack, 'test', {
loginWith: {
email: true,
webAuthn: {
relyingPartyId: 'example.com',
userVerification: 'required',
},
},
});
const template = Template.fromStack(stack);
template.hasResourceProperties('AWS::Cognito::UserPool', {
Policies: {
SignInPolicy: {
AllowedFirstAuthFactors: ['PASSWORD', 'WEB_AUTHN'],
},
},
WebAuthnRelyingPartyID: 'example.com',
WebAuthnUserVerification: 'required',
});
});

void it('configures all passwordless factors together', () => {
const app = new App();
const stack = new Stack(app);
new AmplifyAuth(stack, 'test', {
loginWith: {
email: {
otpLogin: true,
},
phone: {
otpLogin: true,
},
webAuthn: {
relyingPartyId: 'example.com',
},
},
});
const template = Template.fromStack(stack);
template.hasResourceProperties('AWS::Cognito::UserPool', {
Policies: {
SignInPolicy: {
AllowedFirstAuthFactors: [
'PASSWORD',
'EMAIL_OTP',
'SMS_OTP',
'WEB_AUTHN',
],
},
},
WebAuthnRelyingPartyID: 'example.com',
WebAuthnUserVerification: 'preferred',
});
template.hasResourceProperties('AWS::Cognito::UserPoolClient', {
ExplicitAuthFlows: Match.arrayWith(['ALLOW_USER_AUTH']),
});
});

void it('resolves AUTO to localhost in sandbox mode', () => {
const app = new App();
const stack = new Stack(app);
stack.node.setContext('amplify-backend-type', 'sandbox');
new AmplifyAuth(stack, 'test', {
loginWith: {
email: true,
webAuthn: true,
},
});
const template = Template.fromStack(stack);
template.hasResourceProperties('AWS::Cognito::UserPool', {
WebAuthnRelyingPartyID: 'localhost',
});
});

void it('resolves AUTO to Amplify domain in branch mode', () => {
const app = new App();
const stack = new Stack(app);
stack.node.setContext('amplify-backend-type', 'branch');
stack.node.setContext('amplify-backend-namespace', 'testProjectName');
stack.node.setContext('amplify-backend-name', 'main');
new AmplifyAuth(stack, 'test', {
loginWith: {
email: true,
webAuthn: true,
},
});
const template = Template.fromStack(stack);
template.hasResourceProperties('AWS::Cognito::UserPool', {
WebAuthnRelyingPartyID: 'main.testProjectName.amplifyapp.com',
});
});

void it('does not configure passwordless when not enabled', () => {
const app = new App();
const stack = new Stack(app);
new AmplifyAuth(stack, 'test', {
loginWith: {
email: true,
},
});
const template = Template.fromStack(stack);
template.hasResourceProperties('AWS::Cognito::UserPool', {
Policies: {
PasswordPolicy: Match.objectLike({}),
SignInPolicy: Match.absent(),
},
WebAuthnRelyingPartyID: Match.absent(),
WebAuthnUserVerification: Match.absent(),
});
});
});
});
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