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Security vulnerability in profile-switching flow — intercepting and substituting a different user ID

calendar_today June 1, 2026 person @sudsy Steve domain bubbles

richard32: Has anyone found a cleaner solution to this pattern that avoids returning any credential to the frontend? The backend can actually “notify” the front end of data changes via the Trigger a custom event when data changes action. You might find the technique outlined in this post to be helpful.

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