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[AppwriteException: User (role: guests) missing scope (account)]

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Paulito
20 May, 2025, 15:51

User signs in succesfully but after when trying to get currentuser i get the error above. It has been working for month with a user. now i implemented signup and created user getcurrentuser fails. When loggin in with the old user I encounter the same problem.

I logged the session:

Session details: {"$createdAt": "2025-05-20T14:46:01.826+00:00", "$id": "682c95a9c80fd8fd61fe", "$updatedAt": "2025-05-20T14:46:01.826+00:00", "clientCode": "", "clientEngine": "", "clientEngineVersion": "", "clientName": "OkHttp", "clientType": "library", "clientVersion": "4.12", "countryCode": "ar", "countryName": "Argentina", "current": true, "deviceBrand": "", "deviceModel": "", "deviceName": "", "expire": "2026-05-20T14:46:01.819+00:00", "ip": "181.116.201.139", "mfaUpdatedAt": "", "osCode": "AND", "osName": "Android", "osVersion": "", "provider": "email", "providerAccessToken": "", "providerAccessTokenExpiry": "", "providerRefreshToken": "", "providerUid": "paulhaas1994@gmail.com", "userId": "67d070d3001d309073d3"}

I logged the account:

{"client": {"config": {"endpoint": "https://fra.cloud.appwrite.io/v1", "endpointRealtime": "wss://fra.cloud.appwrite.io/v1", "jwt": "", "locale": "", "platform": "cuidadpasscentro.android", "project": "67d06e1f0012e210ce8b"}, "headers": {"X-Appwrite-Project": "67d06e1f0012e210ce8b", "X-Appwrite-Response-Format": "1.4.0", "x-sdk-language": "web", "x-sdk-name": "Web", "x-sdk-platform": "client", "x-sdk-version": "13.0.2"}, "realtime": {"channels": [Set], "cleanUp": [Function cleanUp], "connect": [Function connect], "createSocket": [Function createSocket], "getTimeout": [Function getTimeout], "lastMessage": undefined, "onMessage": [Function onMessage], "reconnect": true, "reconnectAttempts": 0, "socket": undefined, "subscriptions": [Map], "subscriptionsCounter": 0, "timeout": undefined, "url": ""}}}

both are not null but when performaing account.get() I get the following error:

[AppwriteException: User (role: guests) missing scope (account)]

TL;DR
Developers are encountering an error when trying to get the currently signed-in user, even after logging the session and account successfully. The issue arises due to the incorrect usage of ```createEmailSession``` instead of ```createEmailPasswordSession``` when creating sessions. The root cause is the missing account scope for users with the "guests" role, which causes the error when performing ```account.get()```. Solution: Use ```createEmailPasswordSession``` instead of ```createEmailSession``` when working with email and password logins to avoid the scope error for users with the "guests" role.
Axistro
20 May, 2025, 15:59

You are creating session via createEmailSession But you must use createEmailPasswordSession When using email and password

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