Frontend API load now times out; client re-fetches in background
@clerk/shared@3.47.8
1 enhancement2 fixesThis release1 enhancementImprovements to existing features2 fixesBug fixesAI-tallied from the release notes
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Patch Changes
- Fail fast when the Clerk Frontend API (FAPI) is slow or unreachable during load. The client request and the load-recovery token mint are now bounded by a timeout, and the timed-out client request is aborted instead of being left in flight. A cold
Clerk.load()renders identity from a freshly minted session token (falling back to the session cookie if the mint fails) in seconds instead of hanging while retries run. After a degraded load, the client is re-fetched in the background without a time limit, so a slow-but-healthy origin recovers full client data (user profile, other sessions) without a reload. Also fixes hooks likeuseUser()keeping the cookie-derived stub user after full user data arrives. Adds atimeLimitutility to@clerk/shared/utilsthat optionally aborts anAbortControlleron timeout. (#9123) by @nikosdouvlis
Fetched July 13, 2026


