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ClerkJS waits for the Device Intelligence result (the Protect session token) before it sends a sign-in or sign-up. When an instance doesn't configure its own limit, ClerkJS gave up after 5 seconds and sent the request with a timeout status instead. This PR raises that default to 10 seconds.

  • The ceiling on a server-configured token_timeout_ms stays at 10 seconds.
  • Instances that set their own value are unaffected.
  • A tab that can't take the cross-tab lock keeps checking for the token another tab is fetching until its own deadline. A timer bounds that polling even if the device clock changes, and completion clears the polling timer and abort listener.
  • If the clock moves backward past the last attempt's start time, a new attempt can start instead of waiting for a cooldown measured from a future timestamp.

Checks that complete between 5 and 10 seconds can now attach their result to the request instead of reporting a timeout.

Trade-offs:

  • If the check never finishes (the script is blocked or unreachable) and the user submits while it's still running, a sign-in or sign-up now waits up to 10 seconds instead of 5 before going out. Each request is capped at the deadline. One attempt can run longer, though: up to about 5 seconds waiting for another tab's lock plus the deadline. So two submits during the same slow attempt can wait about 15 seconds in total.
  • After a failed attempt, the next one normally starts only once 30 seconds have passed since the failed attempt began. The wait doubles with each consecutive failure, up to 15 minutes. That backoff is per page, so a reload or another tab starts a fresh attempt.
  • Instances that use the optional token_url mint retry it every 200 ms on errors within the deadline, so during an outage a page can make up to twice as many requests to it (about 50 instead of 25).

The complementary change in #10276 preserves a result that arrives after the deadline for a later request.

The shared loader reference documents the same 10-second default. SSO integration tests register testing tokens for both test instances, and multi-session setup waits for the second user to become active before exercising sign-out navigation.

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  • (If applicable) JSDoc comments have been added or updated for any package exports
  • (If applicable) Documentation has been updated

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The default token acquisition timeout increases from 5 to 10 seconds. Acquisition starts its deadline before attempting the lock. If the lock is unavailable, it polls the shared token store at 100 ms intervals until a fresh token appears or the deadline expires. Sleep handling and stale-attempt checks also change. Tests cover deadline timing, lock delays, token retrieval, clock changes, and retries. Integration tests also change OAuth test configuration and wait for the expected current user.

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  • clerk/javascript#10276: This PR changes late-token handling in ProtectSession, which shares the deadline and lock behavior changed here.
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The change is otherwise mergeable, but the public documentation should be updated so users are not given a conflicting timeout.

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const DEFAULT_TOKEN_TIMEOUT_MS = 10 * 1_000;
/** Ceiling on the instance-configured deadline, so no server value can stall a sign-in. */
const MAX_TOKEN_TIMEOUT_MS = 10 * 1_000;
/** How often a tab that could not take the lock re-reads the store while another tab mints. */

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const TOKEN_REFRESH_MARGIN_MS = 60 * 1_000;
/** Acquisition deadline when the instance does not configure one. */
const DEFAULT_TOKEN_TIMEOUT_MS = 5 * 1_000;
const DEFAULT_TOKEN_TIMEOUT_MS = 10 * 1_000;

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Update the published Protect loader default.

The linked clerk/clerk-docs/clerk-typedoc/shared/protect-loader.mdx reference still states a five-second default at Lines 5-17. This constant makes the default 10 seconds. Update the reference so developers can predict the maximum wait before a sign-in or sign-up request proceeds. The linked repository finding identifies the stale reference.

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/**
* How long to wait for the token before giving up and reporting a status instead. Defaults to
* 5000 and is capped at 10000 by the SDK, so this cannot stall a sign-in.
* 10000 and is capped at 10000 by the SDK, so this cannot stall a sign-in.

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Update the linked Protect documentation.

clerk-docs/clerk-typedoc/shared/protect-loader.mdx:17 still documents a 5,000 ms default. Users can therefore receive conflicting defaults from the public references. Update that page with this release.

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