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Description

buildLogoutUrl() only adds post_logout_redirect_uri and client_id to the end session URL. When a logout request carries neither an id_token_hint nor a logout_hint, Auth0 can show a page that asks the user to confirm the logout. The OpenID Connect RP-Initiated Logout specification asks providers to do this, because a logout request without a valid hint cannot be tied to the user's own session. Today no SDK built on this package can avoid the page, because there is no way to pass a hint. If the user cancels the page, Auth0 keeps its session, even though the app has already cleared its own.

This PR adds four optional options to BuildLogoutUrlOptions:

• idTokenHint: sent as id_token_hint. Auth0 recommends this hint. The name matches the parameter it sends.
• logoutHint: sent as logout_hint. This is the sid claim of the ID token, the ID of the user's Auth0 session. It is for apps that prefer to keep the ID token, which carries the profile claims of the user, out of the URL.
• state: sent as state. Auth0 returns it to returnTo after logout. Only returnTo is checked against the Allowed Logout URLs.
• strategy: 'auto' (default), 'oidc' or 'v2'.
  • 'auto' uses the end session endpoint when the tenant offers it, and /v2/logout otherwise.
  • 'oidc' always uses the end session endpoint. It throws a NotSupportedError with code rp_initiated_logout_not_supported_error when the tenant does not offer it.
  • 'v2' always uses /v2/logout.

Details:

• The hints and state are only sent to the end session endpoint. The /v2/logout URL leaves them out.
• Callers that pass none of the new options get the same URL as before, so this is not a breaking change.
• Values are encoded by URLSearchParams, so they cannot add or change other parameters.
• With a hint, Auth0 ends the session without asking the user. The page also protects users from other sites that log them out, so only the user should be able to trigger the route that redirects to the logout URL. The docs and the JSDoc say this.
• Only send an ID token that has a sid claim. Not every ID token has one, and the sid is what names the session the token belongs to.
• Send one hint, and make sure it refers to the same session as the user's browser.
• The README logout example now awaits buildLogoutUrl.

This package only builds the URL and has no session, so it cannot read the ID token itself. The follow-up PR for auth0-server-js (linked below) passes the hint from the session.

The two packages are in separate PRs so each can be released on its own. auth0-auth-js has to be released first.

References

• OpenID Connect RP-Initiated Logout 1.0
• Log Users Out of Auth0 using the OIDC Logout Endpoint
• Follow-up for auth0-server-js: feat(auth0-server-js): add the logout hint from the session to the logout URL #324

Testing

Seven new unit tests in auth-client.spec.ts, in a buildLogoutUrl - hints, state and strategy describe block:

• adds id_token_hint, logout_hint and state to the OIDC logout url
• adds the hints and state next to federated on the OIDC logout url
• keeps each hint and state in its own parameter, whatever characters they contain
• does not add hints or state to the /v2/logout url
• strategy 'v2' uses /v2/logout even when the tenant offers end_session_endpoint
• strategy 'oidc' throws NotSupportedError when the tenant has no end_session_endpoint
• strategy 'oidc' uses end_session_endpoint when the tenant offers it

Four more parametrized tests in the same block (each one runs several cases):

• leaves out hints and state that are undefined or empty
• strategy 'auto' builds the same url as no strategy
• an unknown strategy builds the same url as no strategy
• a discovery failure throws for each strategy

Run locally on Node 22.22.2: build, typecheck, type-check:examples and the full test suite of auth0-auth-js pass (622 tests). lint passes apart from an existing no-undef error in typedoc.cjs that is also on main. auth0-api-js, which also depends on this package, still builds, lints and passes its tests (846) with this change.

The effect users see (no confirmation page) needs a tenant with RP-Initiated Logout enabled. It is covered by the manual check in the auth0-server-js PR.

• This change adds test coverage for new/changed/fixed functionality

Checklist

• I have added documentation for new/changed functionality in this PR or in auth0.com/docs
• All active GitHub checks for tests, formatting, and security are passing
• The correct base branch is being used, if not the default branch

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📝 Walkthrough

The logout URL API now accepts OIDC logout hints and state, and supports automatic, OIDC, or v2 endpoint selection. Tests and documentation cover the new options, endpoint behavior, and unsupported OIDC logout.

Changes: Logout URL behavior

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Logout URL options and error contract packages/auth0-auth-js/src/types.ts, packages/auth0-auth-js/src/errors.ts	BuildLogoutUrlOptions adds idTokenHint, logoutHint, state, and a strategy selector. NotSupportedErrorCode adds RP_INITIATED_LOGOUT_NOT_SUPPORTED.
Endpoint selection, URL parameters, and examples packages/auth0-auth-js/src/auth-client.ts, packages/auth0-auth-js/src/auth-client.spec.ts, packages/auth0-auth-js/README.md, packages/auth0-auth-js/examples/logout.md, packages/auth0-auth-js/EXAMPLES.md	buildLogoutUrl supports auto, oidc, and v2 selection. OIDC URLs include non-empty hints and state; /v2/logout omits them. Tests cover selection, discovery failures, and parameter handling. The documentation describes the options and behavior.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: frederikprijck

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to c2702

Applications following the GET-route example could allow cross-site-triggered logout. Correct the guidance before relying on it; the implementation concern is otherwise bounded.

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Do not rely on the no-hint fallback to protect a GET logout route.

When auto selects /v2/logout, the OIDC confirmation prompt does not apply. An OIDC tenant can also disable that prompt. In either case, a cross-site GET request can proceed without the confirmation promised here. The fallback cannot protect an application session that the route clears before redirecting. Recommend a CSRF-protected logout action, and qualify the prompt guidance here and in the README. (support.auth0.com)

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Update the logout guidance in this example and the corresponding README section
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not guarantee confirmation when `auto` selects `/v2/logout` or the OIDC tenant
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