OTP for Email Confirmation Always Expired – Email Shows Confirmed but User Still Blocked

Hey Supabase team! I'm encountering a bug I can’t figure out.

Issue:
When a user clicks the email verification link, they are redirected to our app but see a message saying the OTP is expired. However, in the Supabase dashboard, the user shows as email confirmed with a valid confirmed_at timestamp.

Despite this, when the user tries to log in, they get an error saying “Email not confirmed” and are redirected back to the registration/login page due to our route protection middleware.

Expected behavior:
Once the email is confirmed via link, the user should be allowed to log in.

Current behavior:

User receives the confirmation email

Clicks the link → OTP expired error

Supabase dashboard shows email as confirmed

User can't log in because Supabase returns “Email not confirmed”

Middleware redirects them back to /registration

Here’s a snippet from our middleware (updateSession):


const {
  data: { user },
} = await supabase.auth.getUser();

if (!user && !isPublicRoute) {
  return NextResponse.redirect(new URL('/registration', request.url));
}


const {
  data: { user },
} = await supabase.auth.getUser();

if (!user && !isPublicRoute) {
  return NextResponse.redirect(new URL('/registration', request.url));
}


const {
  data: { user },
} = await supabase.auth.getUser();

if (!user && !isPublicRoute) {
  return NextResponse.redirect(new URL('/registration', request.url));
}


const {
  data: { user },
} = await supabase.auth.getUser();

if (!user && !isPublicRoute) {
  return NextResponse.redirect(new URL('/registration', request.url));
}

And our login function:


const { error } = await supabase.auth.signInWithPassword({ email, password });
if (error?.message === 'Email not confirmed') {
  router.push(


const { error } = await supabase.auth.signInWithPassword({ email, password });
if (error?.message === 'Email not confirmed') {
  router.push(


const { error } = await supabase.auth.signInWithPassword({ email, password });
if (error?.message === 'Email not confirmed') {
  router.push(


const { error } = await supabase.auth.signInWithPassword({ email, password });
if (error?.message === 'Email not confirmed') {
  router.push(

/confirm-email?email=${encodeURIComponent(email)}

);
}

);
}

);
}

);
}

Question:

Why is the OTP considered expired even though the user gets marked as confirmed?

How can I ensure users don't get stuck in this loop?

Would appreciate any help or advice

OTP for Email Confirmation Always Expired – Email Shows Confirmed but User Still Blocked

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