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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions .changeset/stale-browsers-retry.md
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'@clerk/clerk-js': patch
---

Fix development instance initialization when a stale dev browser value is rejected by clearing the value and retrying the environment and client requests.
46 changes: 42 additions & 4 deletions packages/clerk-js/src/core/__tests__/clerk.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import { afterAll, afterEach, beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, test,
import { mockJwt } from '@/test/core-fixtures';

import { mockNativeRuntime } from '../../test/utils';
import type { DevBrowser } from '../auth/devBrowser';
import { Clerk } from '../clerk';
import { eventBus, events } from '../events';
import type { DisplayConfig, Organization } from '../resources/internal';
Expand All @@ -30,15 +29,19 @@ vi.mock('../resources/Environment');
const { mockCreateClientFromJwt } = vi.hoisted(() => ({ mockCreateClientFromJwt: vi.fn() }));
vi.mock('../jwt-client', () => ({ createClientFromJwt: mockCreateClientFromJwt }));

vi.mock('../auth/devBrowser', () => ({
createDevBrowser: (): DevBrowser => ({
const { mockDevBrowser } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
mockDevBrowser: {
clear: vi.fn(),
setup: vi.fn(),
getDevBrowser: vi.fn(() => 'deadbeef'),
setDevBrowser: vi.fn(),
removeDevBrowser: vi.fn(),
refreshCookies: vi.fn(),
}),
},
}));

vi.mock('../auth/devBrowser', () => ({
createDevBrowser: () => mockDevBrowser,
}));

Client.getOrCreateInstance = vi.fn().mockImplementation(() => {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -762,6 +765,41 @@ describe('Clerk singleton', () => {
});

describe('.load()', () => {
it('clears the stale dev browser before retrying the initial resources', async () => {
const callLog: string[] = [];
const devBrowserError = Object.assign(new Error('dev browser unauthenticated'), {
errors: [{ code: 'dev_browser_unauthenticated' }],
status: 401,
});

mockDevBrowser.clear.mockImplementationOnce(() => void callLog.push('clearDevBrowser'));
mockEnvironmentFetch
.mockImplementationOnce(() => {
callLog.push('environment');
return Promise.reject(devBrowserError);
})
.mockImplementation(() => {
callLog.push('environment');
return Promise.resolve({
userSettings: mockUserSettings,
displayConfig: mockDisplayConfig,
isSingleSession: () => false,
isProduction: () => false,
isDevelopmentOrStaging: () => true,
});
});
mockClientFetch.mockImplementation(() => {
callLog.push('client');
return Promise.resolve({ signedInSessions: [] });
});

const sut = new Clerk(developmentPublishableKey);
await sut.load({ unsafe_disableDevelopmentModeConsoleWarning: true });

expect(callLog).toEqual(['environment', 'client', 'clearDevBrowser', 'environment', 'client']);
expect(sut.status).toBe('ready');
});
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add coverage for retry exhaustion.

This test verifies recovery after one stale development-browser failure, but it does not verify the second failure path. Add a case where both environment fetches reject with dev_browser_unauthenticated. Assert that load() rejects after the retry limit and does not report ready.

As per coding guidelines, unit tests must cover new functionality, error handling, and edge cases.

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In `@packages/clerk-js/src/core/__tests__/clerk.test.ts` around lines 768 - 801,
Add a test alongside the existing stale development-browser retry test that
makes both mockEnvironmentFetch attempts reject with
dev_browser_unauthenticated, then assert that Clerk.load rejects after the
single retry and that sut.status is not ready. Reuse the existing Clerk setup
and mocks, while verifying no additional retry occurs beyond the retry limit.

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describe.each(['active', 'pending'] satisfies Array<SignedInSessionResource['status']>)(
'when session has %s status',
status => {
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12 changes: 10 additions & 2 deletions packages/clerk-js/src/core/clerk.ts
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Expand Up @@ -3305,7 +3305,11 @@ export class Clerk implements ClerkInterface {
const initEnvironmentPromise = Environment.getInstance()
.fetch({ touch: shouldTouchEnv })
.then(res => this.updateEnvironment(res))
.catch(() => {
.catch(err => {
if (isError(err, 'dev_browser_unauthenticated')) {
throw err;
}

++initializationDegradedCounter;
const environmentSnapshot = SafeLocalStorage.getItem<EnvironmentJSONSnapshot | null>(
CLERK_ENVIRONMENT_STORAGE_ENTRY,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3367,7 +3371,11 @@ export class Clerk implements ClerkInterface {
});
};

const [, clientResult] = await allSettled([initEnvironmentPromise, initClient()]);
const [environmentResult, clientResult] = await allSettled([initEnvironmentPromise, initClient()]);
if (environmentResult.status === 'rejected') {
throw environmentResult.reason;
}

if (clientResult.status === 'rejected') {
const e = clientResult.reason;

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