MFA Auth Method Is Not Present after Login

Last Updated: Sep 24, 2025

Overview

This article explains how to access the user's updated MFA status within an Action during the login flow when the user is challenged with MFA.

Auth0 has a newer set of APIs for managing MFA in Actions. With these APIs, the login flow continues from the following Actions that are available:

api.authentication.enrollWith
api.authentication.enrollWithAny
api.authentication.challengeWith
api.authentication.challengeWithAny

This allows access to the user’s MFA status in the succeeding Action with the following attribute:

event.authentication.methods