How to correctly signOut with clerk
Hi
With my app when I use the clerk signOut button I have directly an error from convex as below
Error: [CONVEX Q(services/stripe/stripeSubscriptions:getSubscriptionInformation)] [Request ID: fc436127d0b11665] Server Error
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'userId')
I have the same error when I use the clerk organizationSwitcher Component.
How can I prevent this behavior ? What is the proper way to signOut or switch organization with clerk and convex ?
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You'll want those queries to handle a lack of a user gracefully, as unauth can happen any time and the query will correctly rerun with no user. Eg., check if there is a user and return early if not.
Hi @erquhart,
Thank you for your response.
Just to confirm, does this mean that I can't throw an exception on any Convex query when there's an unauthenticated connection?
If so, is there a centralized way to handle this case across all queries?
Thank you
You can, and it shouldn't cause any problems other than logging errors in your backend when a user logs out. If you want things to be cleaner and not throw like that, you'll likely want to write a shared auth function where you handle the unauth state without throwing.
I'm not sure I want to prevent this exception. I built a dedicated page just for handling sign-out without any Convex query, and it works fine. I haven’t decided yet how I want to manage the Clerk organization switch.
Thanks for your help