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WalkthroughThis guide adds a React integration for Kinde authentication and SpacetimeDB. It covers Kinde configuration, ID token retrieval, provider wiring, authenticated connections, optional controls, and claim-based identity and authorization. ChangesKinde and SpacetimeDB integration
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The guide’s sample may briefly show a sign-in prompt while an authenticated user’s ID token is still loading, which can cause confusing UI behavior. The PR is mergeable with explicit owner awareness or follow-up to separate token readiness from authentication state. Suggested reviewers: Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
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- Around line 174-176: Update the token-based rendering in App.tsx to provide
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Following steps 1-5 left the reader with an app that said "Sign in to continue" but provided no way to sign in, since AuthControls was an optional step 6 example that was never mounted. App.tsx now renders a login() button, and checks isLoading first so an already signed-in user does not see that button flash while Kinde initializes.
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177-193: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winTrack token loading separately from Kinde initialization.
isLoadingdoes not cover the asynchronousgetIdToken()call. While the token is pending,tokenisnull, so an authenticated user can see the sign-in button. Add token-loading or token-error state, and render sign-in only whenisAuthenticated === false.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@src/content/docs/integrate/third-party-tools/kinde-spacetimedb.mdx`:
- Line 182: Update the authentication control buttons invoking login,
registration, or logout to explicitly set type="button", including the controls
corresponding to the sign-in example and the other referenced authentication
actions, so they do not submit a containing form.
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In `@src/content/docs/integrate/third-party-tools/kinde-spacetimedb.mdx`:
- Around line 177-193: Update the authentication flow around isLoading, token,
and getIdToken() to track token loading or token failure separately from Kinde
initialization. Keep the app behind a loading/error state while the token
request is unresolved, and render the sign-in button only when isAuthenticated
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Matches the React SDK docs, and stops the default submit type from submitting a surrounding form if a reader drops these controls into one.
Matches the TanStack Start SDK doc: a single `## Quickstart` H2 with numbered H3 steps beneath it, closing guidance under `## Next steps`, and `tableOfContents.maxHeadingLevel: 3` so the steps appear in the ToC.
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readiness separately from authentication state: keep the authenticated flow
pending while getIdToken() is unresolved, represent token-loading errors
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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Kinde React SDK useKindeAuth isAuthenticated getIdToken useEffect token documentation
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In the Kinde React SDK, you can manage authentication and retrieve tokens using the useKindeAuth hook [1]. Key concepts and usage: isAuthenticated and isLoading The useKindeAuth hook provides isAuthenticated (a boolean indicating if the user is authenticated) and isLoading (a boolean indicating the loading state of the authentication status) [1]. It is recommended to use these states to conditionally render content and prevent UI errors while the auth status is being resolved [1]. Example: const { isAuthenticated, isLoading } = useKindeAuth; if (isLoading) return
Loading...
; return isAuthenticated?Welcome!
:Please sign in.
; getIdToken The getIdToken method is an asynchronous function returned by useKindeAuth that retrieves the raw ID token from memory [1]. Because it returns a promise, you must await it [1]. Example: const { getIdToken } = useKindeAuth; const handleGetToken = async => { const idToken = await getIdToken; console.log(idToken); }; useEffect Integration Since getIdToken is asynchronous, you often need to use useEffect when you need to fetch the token upon component mount or when authentication state changes [2]. Example: import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'; import { useKindeAuth } from '@kinde-oss/kinde-auth-react'; const TokenComponent = => { const { getIdToken, isAuthenticated } = useKindeAuth; const [token, setToken] = useState(null); useEffect( => { const fetchToken = async => { if (isAuthenticated) { const idToken = await getIdToken; setToken(idToken); } }; fetchToken; }, [isAuthenticated, getIdToken]); return Citations:
- 1: https://docs.kinde.com/developer-tools/sdks/frontend/react-sdk/
- 2: https://docs.kinde.com/developer-tools/guides/kinde-permissions-react-and-backend/
- 3: https://docs.kinde.com/build/applications/authenticating-spa/
Track token readiness separately from authentication state.
KindeTokenProvider starts token as null and sets it only after asynchronous getIdToken() resolves. After isLoading becomes false, App can therefore render Sign in for an already authenticated user. Use isAuthenticated plus explicit token loading/error state before rendering either branch. Add a regression test for a pending getIdToken() promise.
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In `@src/content/docs/integrate/third-party-tools/kinde-spacetimedb.mdx` around
lines 185 - 186, Update KindeTokenProvider and App to track token readiness
separately from authentication state: keep the authenticated flow pending while
getIdToken() is unresolved, represent token-loading errors explicitly, and only
render Sign in when authentication is false rather than when token is
temporarily null. Add a regression test covering a pending getIdToken() promise
and verify the authenticated UI is not replaced by Sign in.
Runs the update-frontmatter conventions over the guide: marketing-focused description, ai_summary, accurate topics/keywords/languages/sdk, and an updated date. Adds featured/deprecated and a closing Resources list so the page matches the TanStack Start SDK doc it was outlined against.
/docs/sdks/typescript/react-quickstart returns 404; the guide now lives at /docs/quickstarts/react/. Fixes both references - What you need and Resources.
Only 3 of 461 pages use a Resources heading, and every link in it already appeared earlier in the guide. The page closes on Next steps instead, which matches the edge workers guide in the same folder.
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| ### 6. Add user details and sign out (optional) |
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This is not an optional step, with Kinde this is an essential step.
Possible enhanchements along with the existing:
Display user information (from ID token)
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| ### 5. Use the ID token in App.tsx | ||
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| 1. Read the token with `useKindeToken()`. |
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As per "show don't tell" do the following:
What to do, then add what the code does, why we do it this way.
::What to do::
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app.tsxwith the following code:
::What it does::
e.g., The above code,
- Reads the token with
useKindeToken()
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::Why do this?::
The paragraph on "Mount db only once.."
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| ### 4. Add the providers in main.tsx | ||
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This sounds like a mandatory thing, so change the type to type="warning"
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| ### 3. Create a KindeTokenProvider component | ||
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See the other comment one: Task, What, and Why structure.
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| Kinde is an OpenID Connect provider, so SpacetimeDB can authenticate your users from a Kinde-issued ID token with no server-side configuration. This guide shows you how to obtain that token in a React app and pass it to your SpacetimeDB connection. | ||
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| ### What you need |
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Let's use h2 ## from now on. Coderabbit suggests, and going forward we will do this.
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| ### 2. Set up your Kinde application | ||
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| 1. In the [Kinde dashboard](https://app.kinde.com), add a **Front-end and mobile** application and select **React** as the SDK. For the full walkthrough, see [Kinde React SDK](/developer-tools/sdks/frontend/react-sdk/). |
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Expand step 1 with detailed steps:
1. Sign in to your Kinde dashboard and select Add application
2. Enter a name for the application (e.g., “My SpacetimeDB React App”)
3. Select Front-end and mobile as the application type, then select Save.
4. On the Quick start page, select React from the list of Front-end SDKs, then select Save.
This way, the user will not have to go to yet another doc and get tangled in React setup.
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| ### What you need | ||
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| - A working SpacetimeDB project. If you don't have one, follow the [React Quickstart Guide](https://spacetimedb.com/docs/quickstarts/react/). |
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Put them in this order:
- Kinde
- Spacetime
Word the Kinde account requirement like this:
- A Kinde account (Sign up for free) --to match rest of the docs.
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| ## Next steps |
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Perhaps inform the users what other Kinde features they should check out after the integration, and link those features in a bullet list. Suggestion, totally upto you to decide.
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Requesting the following changes, read comments. Also address the CR comments seperately for code correction. Let me know for any clarification.
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Adds a new guide — Integrate SpacetimeDB with Kinde — under Integrations → Third-party tools.
SpacetimeDB accepts any OpenID Connect issuer, so it can authenticate users from a Kinde-issued ID token with no server-side configuration. Nothing on the site covered how to wire that up. The guide walks through it in a React app: install the Kinde React SDK, expose the ID token via a small context provider, and hand it to the SpacetimeDB connection builder.
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