external_account_exists
- Returned as
- The problem's code, and the code of the field it concerns in errors[]
- HTTP status
- 422 Unprocessable Entity
- type
https://zautha.com/docs/errors/external_account_exists
When it happens
Section titled “When it happens”- A sign-up with a social provider found that the provider account (or its verified email) already belongs to a user.
The sign-up’s verification carries this code as its
errorand is transferable: the components switch to signing in. - When two requests link the same provider account at the same time, the second gets
422onstrategy.
What to do
Section titled “What to do”Sign the user in instead of signing them up (the components do it with a transfer).