Fix · Supabase and databases

Email confirmation or reset link is invalid or expired (otp_expired)

Not checked against the vendor's current screens

What you may see

The user clicks the email link and sees an error right away
Links work only for me

Most likely cause

The link was already used, is old, or an email program opened it first (a security scanner), which uses it up.

Check first (about two minutes)

Request a new link and open it at once on the same device.

The fix prompt

What you type here never leaves your browser. The search runs on this page, and nothing is sent to a server or to an AI.

The exact error or what you see

What you did before it happened

Kept only in this browser, on this device. Keys and passwords are removed before anything is saved.

Prompt language

You are a careful senior engineer who knows Supabase (database, login and file storage) and explains it to people who are not developers. I am not a developer, so explain every step in plain words and tell me exactly which button, menu or command you mean. If you are not sure about something, say so; do not guess.

Menu and button names change over time. If you cannot find a button or page I mention, say so and tell me what to look for instead of guessing.

THE PROBLEM
Email confirmation or reset link is invalid or expired (otp_expired)

THE EXACT ERROR OR WHAT I SEE
[paste the exact error here]

WHAT I DID BEFORE IT HAPPENED
[write in a few words what you did before it happened]

MOST LIKELY CAUSE
The link was already used, is old, or an email program opened it first (a security scanner), which uses it up.

DO THESE STEPS, IN THIS ORDER
1. Read the address of the failed link: which error code is in it?
2. Make the page show a friendly message with a button to send a new link.
3. If scanners use up links, switch to a code the user types, or a button that confirms on the page.
Stop and tell me if what you see does not match a step. Do not skip ahead.

CHECK THAT IT WORKED
- A fresh link works once and the user lands signed in.
Tell me exactly what I should see on the screen when it works.

DO NOT CHANGE
- Do not make links valid for days.
- Anything I did not ask about: the design, the text, other pages, other settings or the data.
- Do not delete files, data or branches, do not reset or force-push, and do not rewrite history, unless you first show me exactly what would be lost and I say yes.
- Do not paste, print or ask me to paste a password or secret key into this chat. If one is needed, tell me which settings page of the right service to store it in.

WHEN YOU FINISH
Explain in simple words what you changed (file by file or setting by setting), why you changed it, and how I can undo it.

Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Cursor, then follow what it says.

After you tried it, did it work?

Steps

Read the address of the failed link: which error code is in it?
Make the page show a friendly message with a button to send a new link.
If scanners use up links, switch to a code the user types, or a button that confirms on the page.

Do not do this

Do not reuse an old email link.
Do not make links valid for days.

Fix it The sign-in link (magic link) says expired or does not log me in

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