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Test users

Test users are managed identities for exercising your application's real NamoID Auth flow without using a personal inbox or sending email. They are available only in Test environments and remain separate from Live users.

Create a test user​

  1. Open your project in the NamoID Console.
  2. Select the Test environment.
  3. Open Users, then select Test users.
  4. Select Create test user and enter a descriptive label, such as QA User.

NamoID generates an email address and six-digit email OTP. The address follows this pattern:

qa.user+namoid_test_xxxxxxxx@test.namoid.in

Copy both values before opening the environment's hosted sign-in page. No message is delivered to the generated address.

Sign in​

Use the generated email address wherever your application starts its normal NamoID Auth flow. When NamoID Auth asks for an email OTP, enter the code shown in the Console.

This exercises the same NamoID Auth redirect, callback, session, and user flow as a regular email OTP sign-in. It does not bypass your application integration.

If the environment uses a waitlist, managed test users are allowed automatically so they can complete the test flow.

OTP lifetime​

The displayed test OTP is valid for one hour. Opening the credentials after it expires generates a new code, and the previous code stops working.

An individual sign-in challenge expires after five minutes. If the verification screen expires, start sign-in again and use the current OTP from the Console.

To retrieve the current code, open Users > Test users and use the credentials action for that user.

Limits and cleanup​

Each Test environment supports up to 10 active managed test users by default. Delete identities you no longer need to free capacity. Deleting a test user also ends its active sessions.

Managed test users cannot be created in or moved to a Live environment. Use real identities to validate Live behavior before release.

Next steps​