Allow updating email

packages/backend-core/src/users/db.ts

@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ export class UserDB {
       // try to get existing user from db
       try {
         dbUser = (await db.get(_id)) as User
-        if (email && dbUser.email !== email) {
-          throw "Email address cannot be changed"
+        if (email && dbUser.email !== email && !opts.allowChangingEmail) {
+          throw new Error("Email address cannot be changed")
         }
         email = dbUser.email
       } catch (e: any) {

packages/backend-core/src/users/test/db.spec.ts

@@ -131,6 +131,23 @@ describe("UserDB", () => {
           ).rejects.toThrow("Email address cannot be changed")
         })
       })
+
+      it("email can be updated if specified", async () => {
+        await config.doInTenant(async () => {
+          user.email = generator.email({})
+
+          await db.save(user, { allowChangingEmail: true })
+
+          const persistedUser = await db.getUserByEmail(user.email)
+          expect(persistedUser).toEqual(
+            expect.objectContaining({
+              _id: user._id,
+              email: user.email,
+              lastName: user.lastName,
+            })
+          )
+        })
+      })
     })
   })
 })

packages/types/src/sdk/user.ts

@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ export interface SaveUserOpts {
   requirePassword?: boolean
   currentUserId?: string
   skipPasswordValidation?: boolean
+  allowChangingEmail?: boolean
 }