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fix: stop reporting an unrecognized biometric as a final failure - #1100

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This PR brings the changes of #1098 to the main branch of the SDK

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Unrecognized biometric attempts no longer immediately report an authentication failure.
    • A subsequent successful biometric authentication now returns only a success result.
    • A subsequent biometric lockout or error now returns only the relevant error.
    • Credential, API credential, and session authentication flows now avoid duplicate or premature results.
  • Documentation
    • Updated the changelog with details of the biometric authentication result-handling fix.

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The authentication manager no longer reports an invalid-user failure after an authentication failure. Tests verify subsequent success and lockout results across local authentication and credential flows. The changelog records the fix in version 3.21.2.

Changes: Biometric result handling

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Local authentication result handling
auth0/src/main/java/com/auth0/android/authentication/storage/LocalAuthenticationManager.kt, auth0/src/test/java/com/auth0/android/authentication/storage/LocalAuthenticationManagerTest.kt
Removed the invalid-user callback for authentication failures. Tests verify that subsequent success or lockout results produce only their corresponding result.
Credential flow coverage and release entry
auth0/src/test/java/com/auth0/android/authentication/storage/SecureCredentialsManagerTest.kt, CHANGELOG.md
Added credential-flow tests and a helper for results after an unrecognized biometric attempt. Added the 3.21.2 changelog entry for the fix.

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Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: frederikprijck

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A focused callback API-credentials test gap leaves a path-specific regression possible; implementation risk otherwise appears low.

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🧹 Nitpick comments: 1
auth0/src/test/java/com/auth0/android/authentication/storage/SecureCredentialsManagerTest.kt: 1

1202-1279: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add callback-based getApiCredentials(...) coverage for both final outcomes.

The changed tests cover awaitApiCredentials(...) and callback-based getCredentials(...), but not callback-based getApiCredentials(...). Existing callback API-credentials tests invoke onAuthenticationSucceeded(true) directly, so they do not exercise the unrecognized-then-final-result sequence. Add success and lockout cases for the separate continueGetApiCredentials(...) path.

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         public fun shouldAwaitApiCredentialsOnceWhenUnrecognizedBiometricIsFollowedBySuccess(): Unit =
             runTest {
                 simulatePromptWithUnrecognizedBiometric { prompt ->
                     prompt.onAuthenticationSucceeded(mock())
                 }
@@
             Assert.assertEquals("accessToken", retrievedCredentials.accessToken)
         }
 
+    @Test
+    public fun shouldDeliverOnlyApiCredentialsSuccessWhenUnrecognizedBiometricIsFollowedBySuccess() {
+        simulatePromptWithUnrecognizedBiometric { prompt ->
+            prompt.onAuthenticationSucceeded(mock())
+        }
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions(client)
+        insertTestApiCredentials(
+            "audience1", true, Date(CredentialsMock.ONE_HOUR_AHEAD_MS), "scope"
+        )
+
+        manager.getApiCredentials("audience1", "scope", callback = apiCredentialsCallback)
+
+        verify(apiCredentialsCallback, times(1)).onSuccess(apiCredentialsCaptor.capture())
+        verify(apiCredentialsCallback, never()).onFailure(any())
+        MatcherAssert.assertThat(
+            apiCredentialsCaptor.firstValue.accessToken,
+            Is.`is`("accessToken")
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public fun shouldDeliverOnlyApiCredentialsLockoutWhenUnrecognizedBiometricIsFollowedByLockout() {
+        simulatePromptWithUnrecognizedBiometric { prompt ->
+            prompt.onAuthenticationError(BiometricPrompt.ERROR_LOCKOUT, "Too many attempts")
+        }
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions(client)
+        insertTestApiCredentials(
+            "audience1", true, Date(CredentialsMock.ONE_HOUR_AHEAD_MS), "scope"
+        )
+
+        manager.getApiCredentials("audience1", "scope", callback = apiCredentialsCallback)
+
+        verify(apiCredentialsCallback, times(1)).onFailure(exceptionCaptor.capture())
+        verify(apiCredentialsCallback, never()).onSuccess(any())
+        MatcherAssert.assertThat(
+            exceptionCaptor.firstValue,
+            Is.`is`(CredentialsManagerException.BIOMETRIC_ERROR_LOCKOUT)
+        )
+    }
+
     @Test
     public fun shouldDeliverOnlySuccessAndStartBiometricSessionWhenUnrecognizedBiometricIsFollowedBySuccess() {
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Review comment at
@auth0/src/test/java/com/auth0/android/authentication/storage/SecureCredentialsManagerTest.kt
around lines 1202 - 1279:
Add callback-based coverage for the separate continueGetApiCredentials(...)
flow: add success and biometric-lockout tests following an unrecognized
biometric result. Verify each callback is invoked exactly once with the expected
outcome, the opposite callback is never invoked, and use apiCredentialsCallback
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@auth0/src/test/java/com/auth0/android/authentication/storage/SecureCredentialsManagerTest.kt:
- Around line 1202-1279: Add callback-based coverage for the separate
continueGetApiCredentials(...) flow: add success and biometric-lockout tests
following an unrecognized biometric result. Verify each callback is invoked
exactly once with the expected outcome, the opposite callback is never invoked,
and use apiCredentialsCallback with the existing API-credentials setup.

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