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Fix Clerk initialization for development instances when FAPI rejects a stale development-browser value.

The environment request previously handled every failure as a cached-resource fallback, and its rejected settlement was not checked. As a result, an environment-only dev_browser_unauthenticated response could bypass the existing recovery loop. Clerk now clears the current development-browser value and retries both the environment and client requests.

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  • pnpm test runs as expected.
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Latest commit: 275e42f

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@brkalow brkalow changed the title fix(js): retry load after stale dev browser fix(clerk-js): retry load after stale dev browser Aug 12, 2026
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Clerk initialization now rethrows dev_browser_unauthenticated environment failures. Standard-browser initialization propagates rejected environment results before processing client failures. Tests verify stale development-browser cleanup, environment and client refetches, and a final ready state. A patch Changeset documents the fix.

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The fix retries environment and client loading after clearing a stale development-browser value. A bounded risk remains because retry exhaustion and final error propagation are not covered by the recovery test, so owner follow-up is warranted, but no blocking correctness issue is identified.

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In `@packages/clerk-js/src/core/__tests__/clerk.test.ts`:
- Around line 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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Comment on lines +768 to +801
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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