Renamed email field via auth config results in auth error

better-auth@1.3.8-beta.3

better-auth@1.3.8-beta.3

email_address

email_address

email

email

auth.ts

auth.ts

  ...
  user: {
        fields: {
            email: "email_address",
            createdAt: "created_at",
            emailVerified: "email_verified",
            image: "image_url",
            updatedAt: "updated_at",
        },
    },
  ...

  ...
  user: {
        fields: {
            email: "email_address",
            createdAt: "created_at",
            emailVerified: "email_verified",
            image: "image_url",
            updatedAt: "updated_at",
        },
    },
  ...

schema.prisma

schema.prisma

model User {
...
  email         String    @map("email_address")
...
}

model User {
...
  email         String    @map("email_address")
...
}

web:dev: 2025-08-28T18:56:17.248Z ERROR [Better Auth]: Better auth was unable to query your database.
web:dev: Error: Error [PrismaClientValidationError]:
web:dev: Invalid

prisma.user.findFirst()

prisma.user.findFirst()

invocation:
web:dev:
web:dev: {
web:dev: where: {
web:dev: email_address: "email@gmail.com",
web:dev: ~~~~~
web:dev: ? AND?: UserWhereInput | UserWhereInput[],
web:dev: ? OR?: UserWhereInput[],
web:dev: ? NOT?: UserWhereInput | UserWhereInput[],
web:dev: ? id?: StringFilter | String,
web:dev: ? name?: StringFilter | String,
web:dev: ? email?: StringFilter | String,
web:dev: ? emailVerified?: BoolFilter | Boolean,
web:dev: ? image?: StringNullableFilter | String | Null,
web:dev: ? createdAt?: DateTimeFilter | DateTime,
web:dev: ? updatedAt?: DateTimeFilter | DateTime,
web:dev: ? sessions?: SessionListRelationFilter,
web:dev: ? accounts?: AccountListRelationFilter
web:dev: },
web:dev: select: undefined
web:dev: }
web:dev:
web:dev: Unknown argument

email_address

email_address

. Available options are marked with ?.
web:dev: at ignore-listed frames {
web:dev: clientVersion: '6.15.0'
web:dev: }