chore(release): 9.3.0-alpha.4 [skip ci]

# [9.3.0-alpha.4](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/compare/9.3.0-alpha.3...9.3.0-alpha.4) (2026-02-12) ### Bug Fixes * Unlinking auth provider triggers auth data validation ([#10045](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/10045)) ([b6b6327](b6b6327552))
fix: Unlinking auth provider triggers auth data validation (#10045 )
2026-02-12 02:29:34 +00:00 · 2026-02-12 02:28:48 +00:00 · 2026-02-11 21:44:46 +00:00 · 2026-02-11 21:23:36 +00:00 · 2026-02-11 21:22:19 +00:00 · 2026-02-09 17:00:48 +00:00
12 changed files with 407 additions and 83 deletions
--- a/benchmark/performance.js
+++ b/benchmark/performance.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 * Run with: npm run benchmark
 */

-const core = require('@actions/core');
 const Parse = require('parse/node');
 const { performance } = require('node:perf_hooks');
 const { MongoClient } = require('mongodb');
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ const LOG_ITERATIONS = false;
 // Parse Server instance
 let parseServer;
 let mongoClient;
+let core;

 // Logging helpers
 const logInfo = message => core.info(message);
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ async function benchmarkQueryWithIncludeNested(name) {
 * Run all benchmarks
 */
 async function runBenchmarks() {
+  core = await import('@actions/core');
  logInfo('Starting Parse Server Performance Benchmarks...');

  let server;
--- a/changelogs/CHANGELOG_alpha.md
+++ b/changelogs/CHANGELOG_alpha.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [9.3.0-alpha.4](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/compare/9.3.0-alpha.3...9.3.0-alpha.4) (2026-02-12)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Unlinking auth provider triggers auth data validation ([#10045](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/10045)) ([b6b6327](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/b6b632755263417c2a3c3a31381eedc516723740))
+
 # [9.3.0-alpha.3](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/compare/9.3.0-alpha.2...9.3.0-alpha.3) (2026-02-07)


--- a/ci/CiVersionCheck.js
+++ b/ci/CiVersionCheck.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-const core = require('@actions/core');
 const semver = require('semver');
 const yaml = require('yaml');
 const fs = require('fs').promises;
@@ -220,6 +219,7 @@ class CiVersionCheck {
   * Runs the check.
   */
  async check() {
+    const core = await import('@actions/core');
    /* eslint-disable no-console */
    try {
      console.log(`\nChecking ${this.packageName} versions in CI environments...`);
--- a/ci/definitionsCheck.js
+++ b/ci/definitionsCheck.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 const fs = require('fs').promises;
 const { exec } = require('child_process');
-const core = require('@actions/core');
 const util = require('util');
 (async () => {
+  const core = await import('@actions/core');
  const [currentDefinitions, currentDocs] = await Promise.all([
    fs.readFile('./src/Options/Definitions.js', 'utf8'),
    fs.readFile('./src/Options/docs.js', 'utf8'),
--- a/ci/nodeEngineCheck.js
+++ b/ci/nodeEngineCheck.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-const core = require('@actions/core');
 const semver = require('semver');
 const fs = require('fs').promises;
 const path = require('path');
+let core;

 /**
 * This checks whether any package dependency requires a minimum node engine
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ class NodeEngineCheck {
 }

 async function check() {
+  core = await import('@actions/core');
  // Define paths
  const nodeModulesPath = path.join(__dirname, '../node_modules');
  const packageJsonPath = path.join(__dirname, '../package.json');
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
  "name": "parse-server",
-  "version": "9.3.0-alpha.3",
+  "version": "9.3.0-alpha.4",
  "lockfileVersion": 2,
  "requires": true,
  "packages": {
    "": {
      "name": "parse-server",
-      "version": "9.3.0-alpha.3",
+      "version": "9.3.0-alpha.4",
      "hasInstallScript": true,
      "license": "Apache-2.0",
      "dependencies": {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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        "express": "5.2.1",
-        "express-rate-limit": "7.5.1",
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        "follow-redirects": "1.15.9",
        "graphql": "16.11.0",
        "graphql-list-fields": "2.0.4",
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
        "parse-server": "bin/parse-server"
      },
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    "@apollo/client": "3.13.8",
    "@babel/cli": "7.27.0",
    "@babel/core": "7.29.0",
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@
    "deep-diff": "1.0.2",
    "eslint": "9.27.0",
    "eslint-plugin-expect-type": "0.6.2",
-    "eslint-plugin-unused-imports": "4.3.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-unused-imports": "4.4.1",
    "form-data": "4.0.5",
-    "globals": "16.2.0",
+    "globals": "17.3.0",
    "graphql-tag": "2.12.6",
    "jasmine": "5.7.1",
    "jasmine-spec-reporter": "7.0.0",
--- a/spec/AuthenticationAdaptersV2.spec.js
+++ b/spec/AuthenticationAdaptersV2.spec.js
@@ -1338,6 +1338,244 @@ describe('Auth Adapter features', () => {
    expect(user.get('authData')).toEqual({ adapterB: { id: 'test' } });
  });

+  it('should unlink a code-based auth provider without triggering adapter validation', async () => {
+    const mockUserId = 'gpgamesUser123';
+    const mockAccessToken = 'mockAccessToken';
+
+    const otherAdapter = {
+      validateAppId: () => Promise.resolve(),
+      validateAuthData: () => Promise.resolve(),
+    };
+
+    mockFetch([
+      {
+        url: 'https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token',
+        method: 'POST',
+        response: {
+          ok: true,
+          json: () => Promise.resolve({ access_token: mockAccessToken }),
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        url: `https://www.googleapis.com/games/v1/players/${mockUserId}`,
+        method: 'GET',
+        response: {
+          ok: true,
+          json: () => Promise.resolve({ playerId: mockUserId }),
+        },
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    await reconfigureServer({
+      auth: {
+        gpgames: {
+          clientId: 'testClientId',
+          clientSecret: 'testClientSecret',
+        },
+        otherAdapter,
+      },
+    });
+
+    // Sign up with username/password, then link providers
+    const user = new Parse.User();
+    await user.signUp({ username: 'gpgamesTestUser', password: 'password123' });
+
+    // Link gpgames code-based provider
+    await user.save({
+      authData: {
+        gpgames: { id: mockUserId, code: 'authCode123', redirect_uri: 'https://example.com/callback' },
+      },
+    });
+
+    // Link a second provider
+    await user.save({ authData: { otherAdapter: { id: 'other1' } } });
+
+    // Reset fetch spy to track calls during unlink
+    global.fetch.calls.reset();
+
+    // Unlink gpgames by setting authData to null; should not call beforeFind / external APIs
+    const sessionToken = user.getSessionToken();
+    await user.save({ authData: { gpgames: null } }, { sessionToken });
+
+    // No external HTTP calls should have been made during unlink
+    expect(global.fetch.calls.count()).toBe(0);
+
+    // Verify gpgames was removed while the other provider remains
+    await user.fetch({ useMasterKey: true });
+    const authData = user.get('authData');
+    expect(authData).toBeDefined();
+    expect(authData.gpgames).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(authData.otherAdapter).toEqual({ id: 'other1' });
+  });
+
+  it('should unlink one code-based provider while echoing back another unchanged', async () => {
+    const gpgamesUserId = 'gpgamesUser1';
+    const instagramUserId = 'igUser1';
+
+    // Mock gpgames API for initial login
+    mockFetch([
+      {
+        url: 'https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token',
+        method: 'POST',
+        response: {
+          ok: true,
+          json: () => Promise.resolve({ access_token: 'gpgamesToken' }),
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        url: `https://www.googleapis.com/games/v1/players/${gpgamesUserId}`,
+        method: 'GET',
+        response: {
+          ok: true,
+          json: () => Promise.resolve({ playerId: gpgamesUserId }),
+        },
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    await reconfigureServer({
+      auth: {
+        gpgames: {
+          clientId: 'testClientId',
+          clientSecret: 'testClientSecret',
+        },
+        instagram: {
+          clientId: 'testClientId',
+          clientSecret: 'testClientSecret',
+          redirectUri: 'https://example.com/callback',
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    // Login with gpgames
+    const user = await Parse.User.logInWith('gpgames', {
+      authData: { id: gpgamesUserId, code: 'gpCode1', redirect_uri: 'https://example.com/callback' },
+    });
+    const sessionToken = user.getSessionToken();
+
+    // Mock instagram API for linking
+    mockFetch([
+      {
+        url: 'https://api.instagram.com/oauth/access_token',
+        method: 'POST',
+        response: {
+          ok: true,
+          json: () => Promise.resolve({ access_token: 'igToken' }),
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        url: `https://graph.instagram.com/me?fields=id&access_token=igToken`,
+        method: 'GET',
+        response: {
+          ok: true,
+          json: () => Promise.resolve({ id: instagramUserId }),
+        },
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    // Link instagram as second provider
+    await user.save(
+      { authData: { instagram: { id: instagramUserId, code: 'igCode1' } } },
+      { sessionToken }
+    );
+
+    // Fetch to get current authData (afterFind strips credentials, leaving only { id })
+    await user.fetch({ sessionToken });
+    const currentAuthData = user.get('authData');
+    expect(currentAuthData.gpgames).toBeDefined();
+    expect(currentAuthData.instagram).toBeDefined();
+
+    // Reset fetch spy
+    global.fetch.calls.reset();
+
+    // Unlink gpgames while echoing back instagram unchanged — the common client pattern:
+    // fetch current state, spread it, set the one to unlink to null
+    user.set('authData', { ...currentAuthData, gpgames: null });
+    await user.save(null, { sessionToken });
+
+    // No external HTTP calls during unlink (no code exchange for unchanged instagram)
+    expect(global.fetch.calls.count()).toBe(0);
+
+    // Verify gpgames removed, instagram preserved
+    await user.fetch({ useMasterKey: true });
+    const finalAuthData = user.get('authData');
+    expect(finalAuthData).toBeDefined();
+    expect(finalAuthData.gpgames).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(finalAuthData.instagram).toBeDefined();
+    expect(finalAuthData.instagram.id).toBe(instagramUserId);
+  });
+
+  it('should reject changing an existing code-based provider id without credentials', async () => {
+    const mockUserId = 'gpgamesUser123';
+    const mockAccessToken = 'mockAccessToken';
+
+    mockFetch([
+      {
+        url: 'https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token',
+        method: 'POST',
+        response: {
+          ok: true,
+          json: () => Promise.resolve({ access_token: mockAccessToken }),
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        url: `https://www.googleapis.com/games/v1/players/${mockUserId}`,
+        method: 'GET',
+        response: {
+          ok: true,
+          json: () => Promise.resolve({ playerId: mockUserId }),
+        },
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    await reconfigureServer({
+      auth: {
+        gpgames: {
+          clientId: 'testClientId',
+          clientSecret: 'testClientSecret',
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    // Sign up and link gpgames with valid credentials
+    const user = new Parse.User();
+    await user.save({
+      authData: {
+        gpgames: { id: mockUserId, code: 'authCode123', redirect_uri: 'https://example.com/callback' },
+      },
+    });
+    const sessionToken = user.getSessionToken();
+
+    // Attempt to change gpgames id without credentials (no code or access_token)
+    await expectAsync(
+      user.save({ authData: { gpgames: { id: 'differentUserId' } } }, { sessionToken })
+    ).toBeRejectedWith(
+      jasmine.objectContaining({ message: jasmine.stringContaining('code is required') })
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should reject linking a new code-based provider with only an id and no credentials', async () => {
+    await reconfigureServer({
+      auth: {
+        gpgames: {
+          clientId: 'testClientId',
+          clientSecret: 'testClientSecret',
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    // Sign up with username/password (no gpgames linked)
+    const user = new Parse.User();
+    await user.signUp({ username: 'linkTestUser', password: 'password123' });
+    const sessionToken = user.getSessionToken();
+
+    // Attempt to link gpgames with only { id } — no code or access_token
+    await expectAsync(
+      user.save({ authData: { gpgames: { id: 'victimUserId' } } }, { sessionToken })
+    ).toBeRejectedWith(
+      jasmine.objectContaining({ message: jasmine.stringContaining('code is required') })
+    );
+  });
+
  it('should handle multiple providers: add one while another remains unchanged (code-based)', async () => {
    await reconfigureServer({
      auth: {
--- a/src/Adapters/Auth/BaseCodeAuthAdapter.js
+++ b/src/Adapters/Auth/BaseCodeAuthAdapter.js
@@ -72,32 +72,47 @@ export default class BaseAuthCodeAdapter extends AuthAdapter {
    throw new Error('getAccessTokenFromCode is not implemented');
  }

+  /**
+   * Validates auth data on login. In the standard auth flows (login, signup,
+   * update), `beforeFind` runs first and validates credentials, so no
+   * additional credential check is needed here.
+   */
  validateLogin(authData) {
-    // User validation is already done in beforeFind
    return {
      id: authData.id,
    }
  }

+  /**
+   * Validates auth data on first setup or when linking a new provider.
+   * In the standard auth flows, `beforeFind` runs first and validates
+   * credentials, so no additional credential check is needed here.
+   */
  validateSetUp(authData) {
-    // User validation is already done in beforeFind
    return {
      id: authData.id,
    }
  }

+  /**
+   * Returns the auth data to expose to the client after a query.
+   */
  afterFind(authData) {
    return {
      id: authData.id,
    }
  }

+  /**
+   * Validates auth data on update. In the standard auth flows, `beforeFind`
+   * runs first for any changed auth data and validates credentials, so no
+   * additional credential check is needed here. Unchanged (echoed-back) data
+   * skips both `beforeFind` and validation entirely.
+   */
  validateUpdate(authData) {
-    // User validation is already done in beforeFind
    return {
      id: authData.id,
    }
-
  }

  parseResponseData(data) {
--- a/src/Adapters/Storage/Postgres/PostgresStorageAdapter.js
+++ b/src/Adapters/Storage/Postgres/PostgresStorageAdapter.js
@@ -1607,20 +1607,28 @@ export class PostgresStorageAdapter implements StorageAdapter {
        const generate = (jsonb: string, key: string, value: any) => {
          return `json_object_set_key(COALESCE(${jsonb}, '{}'::jsonb), ${key}, ${value})::jsonb`;
        };
+        const generateRemove = (jsonb: string, key: string) => {
+          return `(COALESCE(${jsonb}, '{}'::jsonb) - ${key})`;
+        };
        const lastKey = `$${index}:name`;
        const fieldNameIndex = index;
        index += 1;
        values.push(fieldName);
        const update = Object.keys(fieldValue).reduce((lastKey: string, key: string) => {
+          let value = fieldValue[key];
+          if (value && value.__op === 'Delete') {
+            value = null;
+          }
+          if (value === null) {
+            const str = generateRemove(lastKey, `$${index}::text`);
+            values.push(key);
+            index += 1;
+            return str;
+          }
          const str = generate(lastKey, `$${index}::text`, `$${index + 1}::jsonb`);
          index += 2;
-          let value = fieldValue[key];
          if (value) {
-            if (value.__op === 'Delete') {
-              value = null;
-            } else {
-              value = JSON.stringify(value);
-            }
+            value = JSON.stringify(value);
          }
          values.push(key, value);
          return str;
--- a/src/Auth.js
+++ b/src/Auth.js
@@ -417,15 +417,29 @@ Auth.prototype._getAllRolesNamesForRoleIds = function (roleIDs, names = [], quer
    });
 };

-const findUsersWithAuthData = async (config, authData, beforeFind) => {
+const findUsersWithAuthData = async (config, authData, beforeFind, currentUserAuthData) => {
  const providers = Object.keys(authData);

  const queries = await Promise.all(
    providers.map(async provider => {
      const providerAuthData = authData[provider];

+      // Skip providers being unlinked (null value)
+      if (providerAuthData === null) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      // Skip beforeFind only when incoming data is confirmed unchanged from stored data.
+      // This handles echoed-back authData from afterFind (e.g. client sends back { id: 'x' }
+      // alongside a provider unlink). On login/signup, currentUserAuthData is undefined so
+      // beforeFind always runs, preserving it as the security gate for missing credentials.
+      const storedProviderData = currentUserAuthData?.[provider];
+      const incomingKeys = Object.keys(providerAuthData || {});
+      const isUnchanged = storedProviderData && incomingKeys.length > 0 &&
+        !incomingKeys.some(key => !isDeepStrictEqual(providerAuthData[key], storedProviderData[key]));
+
      const adapter = config.authDataManager.getValidatorForProvider(provider)?.adapter;
-      if (beforeFind && typeof adapter?.beforeFind === 'function') {
+      if (beforeFind && typeof adapter?.beforeFind === 'function' && !isUnchanged) {
        await adapter.beforeFind(providerAuthData);
      }

--- a/src/RestWrite.js
+++ b/src/RestWrite.js
@@ -541,7 +541,15 @@ RestWrite.prototype.ensureUniqueAuthDataId = async function () {
 };

 RestWrite.prototype.handleAuthData = async function (authData) {
-  const r = await Auth.findUsersWithAuthData(this.config, authData, true);
+  let currentUserAuthData;
+  if (this.query?.objectId) {
+    const [currentUser] = await this.config.database.find(
+      '_User',
+      { objectId: this.query.objectId }
+    );
+    currentUserAuthData = currentUser?.authData;
+  }
+  const r = await Auth.findUsersWithAuthData(this.config, authData, true, currentUserAuthData);
  const results = this.filteredObjectsByACL(r);

  const userId = this.getUserId();
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
semantic-release-bot	506449412b	chore(release): 9.3.0-alpha.4 [skip ci] # [9.3.0-alpha.4](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/compare/9.3.0-alpha.3...9.3.0-alpha.4) (2026-02-12) ### Bug Fixes * Unlinking auth provider triggers auth data validation ([#10045](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/10045)) ([`b6b6327`](`b6b6327552`))	2026-02-12 02:29:34 +00:00
Manuel	b6b6327552	fix: Unlinking auth provider triggers auth data validation (#10045 )	2026-02-12 02:28:48 +00:00
dependabot[bot]	e64b52f77c	refactor: Bump @actions/core from 1.11.1 to 3.0.0 (#10047 )	2026-02-11 21:44:46 +00:00
dependabot[bot]	79f581b97e	refactor: Bump globals from 16.2.0 to 17.3.0 (#10049 )	2026-02-11 21:23:36 +00:00
dependabot[bot]	87284a839a	refactor: Bump express-rate-limit from 7.5.1 to 8.2.1 (#10046 )	2026-02-11 21:22:19 +00:00
dependabot[bot]	d186471d45	refactor: Bump eslint-plugin-unused-imports from 4.3.0 to 4.4.1 (#10048 )	2026-02-09 17:00:48 +00:00