Yes, you can auto-login users after successful verification when using the

require_verified_address

hook. This can be accomplished by adding the

session

hook to your verification flow configuration. When you have the

require_verified_address

hook enabled, users need to verify their email address before they can log in. By default, after verification, users are redirected to the login page where they need to enter their credentials again. However, you can modify this behavior by adding the

session

hook to the verification flow's "after" hooks. Here's how to configure it: 1. In your configuration, add the

session

hook to the verification flow's after hooks:

selfservice:   flows:     verification:       after:         hooks:         - hook: session

This configuration will automatically sign in the user after they successfully verify their email address, eliminating the need for them to log in again. You can set this up using the Ory CLI:

ory patch identity-config --project <project-id> --workspace <workspace-id> \   --add '/selfservice/flows/verification/after/hooks/0/hook="session"'

This approach is mentioned in the documentation for verification flows, where the

session

hook can be used to automatically sign in users after verification [Customize login and registration behavior](https://www.ory.sh/docs/identities/sign-in/actions#customize-login-and-registration-behavior). Note that this is different from the "Sign in after registration" feature, which allows users to be signed in immediately after registration, before verification. The approach I'm suggesting will only sign them in after they've completed the verification process.

I apologize for the confusion. You're right about the error. The

session

hook isn't directly available for the verification flow's after hooks according to the schema validation error you're seeing. Based on the knowledge sources, the

session

hook is primarily designed for registration flows, not verification flows. This is why you're getting the schema error indicating that only "web_hook" or "b2b_sso" are valid values. To achieve auto-login after verification, you would need to use a webhook instead. You can create a custom webhook that handles the session creation after verification. Here's how you might approach it:

yaml selfservice:   flows:     verification:       after:         hooks:         - hook: web_hook           config:             url: [your-webhook-endpoint]             method: POST             # Additional webhook configuration

The webhook would need to handle the session creation logic on your backend. This limitation is consistent with what's documented in [Troubleshoot Ory Actions Webhook issues](https://www.ory.sh/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshoot-actions), which mentions that the

session

hook is specifically for registration flows and modifies the HTTP response. Unfortunately, the knowledge sources don't provide a direct solution for auto-login after verification using the built-in hooks. You might need to implement this functionality through a custom webhook that creates a session after verification. Would you like more information about implementing webhooks with Ory?