Hello,
I am trying to manually link OIDC (google)...
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eager-apartment-94496
09/29/2025, 7:57 PMHello,
I am trying to manually link OIDC (google) Credential to my Account, but only through API (not using the Ory UI) . The bot tells me that:
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API Flows Limitation:
The documentation explicitly states that social sign-in (OIDC) linking is not currently supported for API clients (headless/native flows). The linking nodes for OIDC will only appear in browser-based flows, not in API/native flows. This is a known limitation and is tracked as a missing feature (kratos#273).s
steep-lamp-91158
09/30/2025, 8:32 AM
No, this feature exists for quite some time now: https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/social-signin/native-apps
steep-lamp-91158
09/30/2025, 8:36 AM
Sorry, that's the wrong link. I'm actually not sure if all providers support this, but for Apple there is this specific section on how to submit an ID token: https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/social-signin/apple#using-the-apple-sdk-on-native-apps
steep-lamp-91158
09/30/2025, 8:39 AM
Looking at the code, google and netid are also supported.
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eager-apartment-94496
09/30/2025, 2:44 PMThank you, I may misunderstand but it seems different though.
While using Native SignIn to the OIDC is definitely a plus, this is not required and not the problem I am trying to solve.
What I am trying to achieve is linking of Credential, but with my custom UI ( native mobile application, so I don not want to go to the Ory UI). The doc here explain only how to do it with UI. I understand I can achieve linking with updating the Profile, but the doc says:
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Social Sign In is not possible for API Clients. It will be possible in a future version, which is partially tracked as kratos#273s
steep-lamp-91158
09/30/2025, 2:56 PM
OK I see, that is the same as what I send but for settings instead of registration. It seems like we only support this right now for the registration part, so currently it is not possible.
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eager-apartment-94496
09/30/2025, 3:07 PMthanks Patrik
eager-apartment-94496
09/30/2025, 3:08 PMSo to confirm, there is no way today, for a Mobile app, to link an OIDC Credential to its Identity?
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steep-lamp-91158
09/30/2025, 3:09 PM
it is, as part of registration/login
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eager-apartment-94496
09/30/2025, 3:12 PMI am not sure I understand I am sorry
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steep-lamp-91158
09/30/2025, 3:14 PM
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eager-apartment-94496
09/30/2025, 3:14 PMOk I see
eager-apartment-94496
09/30/2025, 3:15 PMThat won't work for me unfortunately, I can not count on the email being the same across OIDC
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steep-lamp-91158
09/30/2025, 3:15 PM
of course, makes sense