Using the user object as returned from supabase.auth.getSession() ... could be insecure! — verify with getClaims()
Using the user object as returned from supabase.auth.getSession() or from some supabase.auth.onAuthStateChange() events could be insecure! This value comes directly from the storage medium (usually cookies on the server) and may not be authentic. Use supabase.auth.getUser() instead which authenticates the data by contacting the Supabase Auth server.
- const { data: { session } } = await supabase.auth.getSession()
- if (!session) redirect("/login")
- const userId = session.user.id
+ const { data, error } = await supabase.auth.getClaims()
+ if (error || !data?.claims) redirect("/login")
+ const userId = data.claims.sub
Keep getSession() only for when you need the raw access or refresh token, for example to forward it to another service.
Symptom
Server logs (Next.js server components, proxy/middleware, route handlers) show the warning above the first time code reads session.user from supabase.auth.getSession(). Older tutorials protect pages with const { data: { session } } = await supabase.auth.getSession(); if (!session) redirect('/login').
Cause
(Timeline: the server-side getSession warning was added in auth-js 2.63.0 (2024-03-26). getClaims() arrived in 2.69.0 (2025-03-22) and became non-experimental in 2.71.0 (2025-07-10).) auth-js wraps the user returned by getSession() in a proxy that warns on first property access, because the session is read from cookies without being revalidated. Supabase's SSR docs: "Never trust supabase.auth.getSession() inside server code such as Proxy." The current recommendation is getClaims(). It verifies the JWT signature on every call: locally against a cached JWKS when the project uses asymmetric signing keys (the default for new projects), or by calling the Auth server for projects still on a symmetric secret. Use getUser() when you need a fresh user record from the Auth server.
Verify
The warning stops. Tampering with the auth cookie value makes getClaims() return an error instead of a user.
Sources
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