SSO providers directly displayed on the auth screen
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Description
What problem will this feature address?
The current implementation maps an email domain to a single SSO provider. This poses different problems:
- User has to type his email at every login => Friction for returning users
- User has a "blackbox" feeling : he can't predict what SSO provider his email will launch without knowing the list behind it.
- Admins cannot allow the use of multiple providers per email domain/per email adress
Describe the solution you'd like
For a new device:
Provider 1
Provider 2
...
Email
Password
For a returning user :
Last used provider
---
Provider 1
Provider 2
...
Email (prefilled with last auth email)
Password
/login/ URLs that directly start the SSO flow, for bookmarks and shortcuts use.
Describe alternatives you've considered
A remembering cookie for the sso email field, to keep it fast for sso users without fully implementing the "single-click SSO".
Additional context
- Jetbrains account login https://account.jetbrains.com/login
- GitLab login (from GNOME because they added custom providers) https://gitlab.gnome.org/users/sign_in
Will you send a PR to implement it?
No
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the authentication screen and the existing email-domain SSO mapping, then trace how provider-specific login URLs are handled. Done means the screen can display available providers, preserve the returning user's last provider and email, and support direct provider URLs.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- authentication, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100