The account recovery flow in Ory allows registered users to regain access to their account if they forget their password or lose access to the second authentication factor required for multi-factor authentication (MFA). To regain access to their account, the user must prove that they're the owner of the account. The verification of ownership is performed using the recovery address defined by the user. When the account recovery flow is started, the system sends a link or a one-time code to the recovery address defined by the user. The user must access the link or enter the code they received to confirm their identity and ownership of the account. When the user accesses the configured recovery method, they receive a privileged session and are taken to their account's settings page where they must create a new password to regain access to their account. The account recovery flow doesn't reset the user's second authentication factor. Ory supports two recovery methods: - Recovery by one-time codes (

code

) - Recovery by magic links (

link

) "One-time code" (

code

) is the default, preferred, and recommended method by Ory. Ory supports "magic links", but considers this method a legacy solution. Currently, the method is supported but should be considered deprecated and is set to be removed in future releases. The user interface for the account recovery is a page in your solution that should render the actual form elements for the user. You implement the HTML code in your solution, which gives you complete flexibility and customizability in your user interface flows and designs. This part of your application then directly interfaces with Ory Identities through the API. The API responds with a JSON document describing the form elements to render and actions the form should take upon submission, cancellation, etc. Sources: - [Account recovery and password reset](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/self-service/flows/account-recovery-password-reset) - [Supported recovery methods](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/self-service/flows/account-recovery-password-reset#supported-recovery-methods) - [Code examples](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/self-service/flows/account-recovery-password-reset#code-examples)

Yes, once the user successfully submits the recovery flow with the one-time code, they are issued a session and automatically redirected to the settings page. This allows the user to reset their password and update their profile information on the settings page. For native applications, however, they must manually take the user to the settings page. Here is the relevant extract from the sources: "The recovery flow allows users to recover access to their accounts and is used in conjunction with the settings flow. When a recovery flow is submitted successfully, a session is issued to the application. This allows the user to reset their password and update their profile information on the settings page. Browser applications are automatically redirected to the settings page, while native applications must take the user to the settings page." Source: [Recovery](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/bring-your-own-ui/custom-ui-basic-integration#recovery)

If you want to prevent automatic redirection to the settings page after successful recovery, you can handle this programmatically in your application. When the recovery flow is successfully completed, Ory issues a session and sends a HTTP 302 Redirect response to the browser. The

Location

header in the response contains the URL to which the browser is redirected. You can intercept this response in your application, extract the session from the

Set-Cookie

header, and prevent the automatic redirection by not following the

Location

header. Please note that this requires careful handling to ensure the security of the session and the user's data. Unfortunately, the provided extracts do not contain specific code examples or detailed instructions on how to implement this. For more detailed guidance, you may want to refer to the Ory documentation or seek advice from the Ory community or support.

The error message you're seeing,

browser_location_change_required

, is typically sent when an AJAX request indicates that the browser needs to open a specific URL. In this case, it's trying to redirect the user to the settings page after a successful recovery flow. The error is a

422 Unprocessable Entity

response, which is used when the server understands the content type of the request entity, and the syntax of the request entity is correct, but it was unable to process the contained instructions. The error message also provides the URL to which the browser needs to be redirected:

<http://127.0.0.1:4455/settings?flow=6fd27d8f-aed2-4056-b95a-273410bbfcbc>

. If you want to handle this programmatically, you can catch the

ApiException

, extract the

redirect_browser_to

URL from the error body, and then redirect the user to that URL. Here is the relevant extract from the sources: `browser_location_change_required`: Usually sent when an AJAX request indicates that the browser needs to open a specific URL. Most likely used in Social Sign In flows. Source: [Ory API Reference](https://www.ory.sh/docs/reference/api)

The automatic redirection might not be happening due to the way your application is handling the response from the Ory Kratos API. If your application is making an AJAX request or similar to the API, it might not automatically follow the redirect specified in the

Location

header of the response. In a typical browser scenario, when a server responds with a

302

status code and a

Location

header, the browser automatically follows the redirect. However, in the case of AJAX requests or requests made using libraries like

fetch

in JavaScript, the redirect might not be followed automatically depending on the configuration of the request. You might need to handle the redirect manually in your application code. When you receive the response from the API, check the status code and if it's a

302

, extract the URL from the

Location

header and redirect the user to that URL. Please note that the exact way to do this depends on the specifics of your application and the technology stack you're using. You might need to refer to the documentation of your HTTP client library or framework for exact details on how to handle redirects.

In .NET, automatic redirection for HTTP requests depends on the specific HTTP client you're using. If you're using

HttpClient

, it does not automatically follow redirects by default. You need to set the

HttpClientHandler.AllowAutoRedirect

property to

true

. However, in your case, you're dealing with an API exception thrown by the Ory Kratos Client. This exception is thrown when the API responds with an error status code. The error message indicates that a redirection is required. To handle this, you can catch the

ApiException

in your code, extract the redirection URL from the error message, and then perform the redirection manually. Here's a basic example:

csharp try {     // Your code that calls the Ory Kratos API... } catch (ApiException ex) {     if (ex.ErrorCode == 422 && ex.ErrorContent.Contains("browser_location_change_required"))     {         var redirectUrl = ExtractRedirectUrl(ex.ErrorContent); // Implement this method to extract the URL from the error content         // Redirect the user to the extracted URL...     }     else     {         throw; // Re-throw the exception if it's not the one we're looking for     } }

Please note that the exact implementation depends on your application architecture and the way you're handling HTTP requests and responses. You might need to adjust the code to fit your specific needs.

The exception you're seeing is thrown when the Ory Kratos API responds with a

422 Unprocessable Entity

status code. This is a standard HTTP response status code that indicates the server understands the content type of the request entity, and the syntax of the request entity is correct, but it was unable to process the contained instructions. In this case, the instruction is to redirect the user to a specific URL. The Ory Kratos API is designed to work with browser-based flows, and it expects the client to handle the redirection. If you want to avoid this exception in your .NET Web API, you need to handle the redirection in your code. When you make a request to the Ory Kratos API, check the response status code. If it's

422

, extract the redirection URL from the response body and handle the redirection. Here's a basic example of how you can do this:

csharp var response = await httpClient.SendAsync(request);  if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.UnprocessableEntity) {     var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();     var redirectUrl = ExtractRedirectUrl(content); // Implement this method to extract the URL from the response content      // Handle the redirection... } else if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode) {     // Handle other non-success status codes... }

Please note that the exact implementation depends on your application architecture and the way you're handling HTTP requests and responses. You might need to adjust the code to fit your specific needs.

Automatic redirection in a server-side application like a .NET Web API isn't typically handled the same way as in a client-side application like a web browser. Server-side applications usually handle HTTP responses programmatically and don't automatically follow redirects. However, if you're using

HttpClient

to make requests, you can enable automatic redirection by setting the

AllowAutoRedirect

property to

true

on the `HttpClientHandler`:

csharp var handler = new HttpClientHandler {     AllowAutoRedirect = true };  var client = new HttpClient(handler);

This will make

HttpClient

automatically follow HTTP redirects (status codes 3xx). But please note, the Ory Kratos API is responding with a

422 Unprocessable Entity

status code, not a redirect status code. The

422

status code indicates that the request was well-formed but was unable to be followed due to semantic errors. The API includes in the response body a message indicating that a redirection is required, but this isn't the same as a HTTP redirect response. In this case, even if you enable

AllowAutoRedirect

,

HttpClient

won't automatically follow the redirect because the status code is not a redirect status code. You will still need to handle the

422

status code in your application code and perform the redirection as indicated in the response body. If you want the redirection to happen automatically without your server-side code having to handle it, you might need to implement this logic on the client side (e.g., in JavaScript running in the user's browser) or reconsider the design of your application flow.