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The catch in callWithToken looks inverted: it rethrows when isAuthError(error) is true. So a stale cookie JWT that Convex rejects (Unauthorized, Not authenticated) is never refreshed, while a non-auth error like "validation failed" triggers a refetch and retry. Since mutations and actions go through the same path, that retry re-runs them.

The other two clauses already say "only retry a cached, unvalidated token", and staleness shows up as an auth error, so this flips the third clause in the Next.js and TanStack Start helpers.

A bit of history in case it helps: before ed94aca the retry was if (result.isFresh) throw error; followed by a refetch, i.e. any error on a cached token. ed94aca introduced isAuthError to narrow that, and I think the negation just got lost in the refactor. No test or doc line pinned the polarity. If the current behaviour is intended, happy to close this and keep only the tests and docs.

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  • nextjs/index.ts, react-start/index.ts: negate the clause, one-line comment.
  • jwt-cache.test.ts in both: stale + auth error retries once with forceRefresh and the new token; non-auth error rethrows; fresh token rethrows.
  • experimental.mdx: short paragraph on when the retry happens and why isAuthError should stay narrow.

Test plan

  • npx vitest run --typecheck, tsc --noEmit, npm run lint all clean
  • The retry tests fail on main and pass here

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The change corrects JWT cache retry handling in the Next.js and React Start integrations. Both integrations now rethrow non-authentication errors and refresh the token only after a recognized authentication error when the cached token is not fresh. New tests cover refresh and retry, direct error rethrow, and fresh-token behavior. Documentation covers cookie-JWT retries for queries, mutations, and actions.

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JWT-cached calls now retry once only after recognized authentication failures on stale tokens. The implementation and tests cover fresh-token behavior, but the documentation should explicitly note that fresh-token authentication failures are not retried.

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49-50: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Cover authentication failures after a fresh token.

Both suites test authentication failures only with isFresh: false. Add a fresh-token case and assert that the original error propagates without a forced refresh or retry.

  • src/nextjs/jwt-cache.test.ts#L49-L50: add the fresh-token authentication case.
  • src/react-start/jwt-cache.test.ts#L52-L53: add the fresh-token authentication case.
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In `@src/nextjs/jwt-cache.test.ts` around lines 49 - 50, Extend the
authentication-failure tests in src/nextjs/jwt-cache.test.ts lines 49-50 and
src/react-start/jwt-cache.test.ts lines 52-53 with a fresh-token case using
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In `@docs/content/docs/experimental.mdx`:
- Around line 80-81: Update the documentation around the Convex cookie-JWT retry
behavior to clarify that retries occur only when a cached, non-fresh token
fails; fresh tokens are rethrown even when isAuthError(error) returns true.
Preserve the existing one-retry description for eligible failures.

In `@src/react-start/jwt-cache.test.ts`:
- Line 16: Update the setAuth mock in the JWT cache test to record or spy on
each token passed to it, then assert that the first call receives stale-token
and the retry receives the fresh token, while preserving the existing
query-count assertions.

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In `@src/nextjs/jwt-cache.test.ts`:
- Around line 49-50: Extend the authentication-failure tests in
src/nextjs/jwt-cache.test.ts lines 49-50 and src/react-start/jwt-cache.test.ts
lines 52-53 with a fresh-token case using isFresh: true. Assert that the
original authentication error propagates without forcing a token refresh or
retry in both suites.

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Comment thread docs/content/docs/experimental.mdx Outdated
Comment on lines +80 to +81
When a Convex call made with a cookie JWT fails and `isAuthError` returns
`true`, the token is refetched and the call is retried once. Mutations and

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Document the fresh-token exception.

src/nextjs/index.ts and src/react-start/index.ts rethrow when token.isFresh is true, even when isAuthError(error) returns true. The current text says every cookie-JWT authentication failure is retried. State that the retry applies only when a cached, non-fresh token fails.

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In `@docs/content/docs/experimental.mdx` around lines 80 - 81, Update the
documentation around the Convex cookie-JWT retry behavior to clarify that
retries occur only when a cached, non-fresh token fails; fresh tokens are
rethrown even when isAuthError(error) returns true. Preserve the existing
one-retry description for eligible failures.

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Comment thread src/react-start/jwt-cache.test.ts Outdated
callWithToken was throwing when isAuthError returned true, so a rejected
cached JWT never refreshed and non-auth failures did. Retry only when the
cache is enabled, the token was cached, and the error is auth-related.
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slavarazum force-pushed the fix/jwt-cache-retry-on-auth-error branch from f2b12b2 to fd282fc Compare September 7, 2026 16:13
helixnebulatech added a commit to helixnebulatech/convex-better-auth that referenced this pull request Oct 8, 2026
callWithToken rethrew when isAuthError(error) was true, so a cookie JWT
rejected by Convex was never refreshed, while non-auth failures were
retried, re-running mutations and actions. Flip the condition in the
Next.js and TanStack Start helpers and document the retry.

Ports convex#440.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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