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zitadel/apps
6bd46c5fb6 feat(login): idp userAction oneof (#12433)
Closes #11369

# Which Problems Are Solved

During SSO login with an external IdP, Actions v2 lets you manipulate
the `RetrieveIdentityProviderIntent` response to shape the user that
ZITADEL creates or updates. There was an inconsistency between the two
flows:

- **First login (user does not exist):** the response carried an
`addHumanUser` object (mirroring the deprecated `AddHumanUser` API),
which **does** allow setting user `metadata`.
- **Subsequent logins (user exists):** the response carried an
`updateHumanUser` object (mirroring the deprecated `UpdateHumanUser`
API), which does **not** support metadata.

As a result, actions could set metadata when creating a user but not
when updating one. Customers doing SSO attribute mapping had to make a
separate `SetUserMetadata` call on every subsequent login — extra
latency and a non-atomic update. The proto/backend already gained a
non-deprecated `user_action` oneof (`create_user` → `CreateUserRequest`,
`update_user` → `UpdateUserRequest`, both supporting metadata), but the
login app was still reading the deprecated flat fields, so the new
capability was unreachable from the frontend.

# How the Problems Are Solved

Migrate the login app's IDP intent handler to consume the new
`user_action` oneof, with a fallback to the deprecated fields so older
API responses keep working during the transition.

- **`zitadel.ts`** — added `createUser` / `updateUser` client wrappers
calling the non-deprecated `UserService.CreateUser` /
`UserService.UpdateUser` endpoints.
- **`idp-intent.ts`** — added three helpers, each preferring
`user_action` and falling back to `add_human_user` /
`update_human_user`:
- `resolveCreateUser` — flat read view for org resolution,
required-field checks, and registration-form pre-fill.
- `buildCreateUserRequest` — passes the action's `CreateUserRequest`
through and injects the resolved `organizationId`; maps the deprecated
flat payload into the nested shape on fallback.
- `buildUpdateUserRequest` — builds an `UpdateUserRequest` **including
metadata** (the fix); deliberately syncs only
profile/email/phone/metadata (not username) to preserve existing
auto-update behavior and avoid invalidating sessions.
- Rewired all handlers (`handleUserExists`, `handleAutoLinking`,
`handleAutoCreation`, `handleManualCreation`,
`resolveOrganizationForUser`) to use these, and switched auto-create to
read `CreateUserResponse.id`.
- **Tests** — updated mocks/assertions to the new request shapes and
added two cases exercising the `user_action` oneof with metadata (create
+ update). 817/817 login unit tests pass; no new type errors.

# Additional Changes

Updated the Actions v2 guide
`guides/integrate/actions/testing-response-manipulation.mdx` (the
unreleased/`latest` docs) to reflect the new response shape:

- Go handler example now manipulates `resp.GetCreateUser()` /
`resp.GetUpdateUser()` and appends `user.Metadata`, demonstrating
metadata on both flows.
- Both JSON payloads switched from `addHumanUser` to the nested
`createUser` shape (`human.profile`, `human.email`, `human.idpLinks`,
top-level `metadata`).
- Added a Callout explaining first-login → `createUser` vs.
existing-user → `updateUser`, that both support metadata, and that
`addHumanUser`/`updateHumanUser` are deprecated.
- Updated the claim-mapping debugging section to the new
`createUser.human.profile.givenName` path.

Versioned snapshots (`v4.12`/`v4.13`/`v4.14`) were intentionally left
unchanged, as they document releases where the old API was correct.

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Co-authored-by: gayathri <[email protected]>
2026-07-16 12:01:07 +02:00
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