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name is a requirement in Better Auth. In the future this will be customizable. username is more system friendly, yeah. The DisplayName could be thought of as a public-facing name a user may want to allow others to see. For example, a user may have their name set, but don't want to share that publically, instead they can use the displayName. There isn't any limitations to display name, you can set either however you want. Except username will be automatically sanitised. (If I remember correctly)

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BABetter Auth

•Created by Stephen on 4/29/2025 in #help

Populate username field with social usernames

You can use mapProfileToUser. https://www.better-auth.com/docs/concepts/oauth#other-provider-configurations

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BABetter Auth

•Created by Glen Kurio on 4/29/2025 in #help

useSession returns null for data in Next.js

Are you sure the data isn't just pending? Because while it's pending you will get null.

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BABetter Auth

•Created by Kenny on 4/27/2025 in #help

v1.2.6 and v.1.2.7 throws errors when logging in

Hey, I'm not 100% sure this will fix your issue. But I've opened a PR which would make Kysely adapter choose "safer" options when it comes to whether a given DB type supports Dates and other fields. https://github.com/better-auth/better-auth/pull/2478

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BABetter Auth

•Created by roze789 on 4/28/2025 in #help

Inferring Additional Fields on Server

You'll have to force cast a type for now. In the future this will be resolved.

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BABetter Auth

•Created by neetras on 4/28/2025 in #help

The authClient uses those same endpoints. Are you sure you're passing all the necessary data to make the request?

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BABetter Auth

•Created by neetras on 4/28/2025 in #help