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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"`get_user_by_email` can silently return wrong result when \"allow multiple accounts with the same email address\" is set","articleBody":"### Describe your environment\n\n  * Operating System version: macOS 15.2\n  * Firebase SDK version: `6.6.0`\n  * Firebase Product: `auth`\n  * Python version: `3.12`\n  * Pip version: `uv 0.5.11`\n\n### Describe the problem\n\nI'm worried that the `get_user_by_email` function misleadingly silently skips some results.\n\nIt's typed as returning a single user record given an email address:\n\nhttps://github.com/firebase/firebase-admin-python/blob/8ba819a4175e758576f1a7cccc131c1b66d6417a/firebase_admin/_auth_client.py#L179-L194\n\nHowever, it is possible to configure Firebase to allow multiple accounts with the same email address: https://support.google.com/firebase/answer/9134820\n\nIt looks like the implementation takes just the first user record if more than one matches the provided email:\n\nhttps://github.com/firebase/firebase-admin-python/blob/8ba819a4175e758576f1a7cccc131c1b66d6417a/firebase_admin/_user_mgt.py#L583-L602\n\nI'd suggest replacing it with a `get_users_by_email` that returns a collections of records, to avoid misleading programmers unfamiliar with the \"allow multiple accounts with the same email address\" option.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/kkom","@type":"Person","name":"kkom"},"datePublished":"2024-12-23T11:24:17.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/843/firebase-admin-python/issues/843"}