Clerk Introduces Secure User Impersonation Feature

Clerk has launched a highly requested User Impersonation feature, allowing admins to sign in as another user to troubleshoot and understand user issues.

The feature prioritizes security, logging all impersonation sessions and providing ways to detect and potentially restrict actions during such sessions.

In the frontend, impersonation detection is implemented via the useAuth() hook, while the backend uses the 'auth' helper, with both relying on JWT for seamless integration.

Clerk promises to share a technical deep dive on the feature soon and acknowledges contributions from team members Alex Ntousias, Giannis Katsanos, and George Desipris.