Cannot update email

[antkont]

Updating email does not work anymore:
Amplify.Auth.update(userAttribute: AuthUserAttribute(.email, value: email))

All I get is an error:
AuthError: user.email: Attribute cannot be updated.

Recovery suggestion: Make sure that the parameters passed are valid
Caused by: invalidParameter

It used to work, I have not changed cognito configurations in the cloud, email is verified and confirmed.

Only thing that has changed in the client end is that I started using OTP for login instead of SRP usernam/password.

Any suggestions what could be wrong? Does the cognito allow changing email anymore?

Changing some other attribute worked...

[harsh62]

Introducing the new USER_AUTH flow with email OTP could have resulted in this.

AWS Cognito allows configuration of user attributes to be mutable or immutable. If the email attribute is set as immutable in your user pool while onboarding to USER AUTH, attempts to update it will result in an error.

Would you be able to review your user pool settings to confirm whether the email attribute is set to be mutable.

[antkont]

I could not find other info than "Attribute read and write permissions" in the console which both are enabled for email (write cannot be disabled since its required). If there is another place to check for mutability, please let me know. Pool has been created in console. I tried to create new pool but in the creation I did not see any mutability options either.

[vincetran]

That should be the only place update an attribute's mutability. If that's enabled (and I'm assuming you verified that with the correct app client), then we'll have to take a deeper look at the client code which will take some time.