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From: Mohammad Saddam Hossain <sddmhossain786@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 08:16:53 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] docs(recipe): log in once with OAuth/SSO and reuse the
 session (#125)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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+---
+description: "Log in once through OAuth/SSO in Selenium and reuse the session across tests with @PreCondition. What you can automate, what you can't, and where credentials go."
+id: log-in-once-with-sso
+title: Log in once with OAuth/SSO
+sidebar_label: Log in once with SSO
+---
+
+# Log in once with OAuth/SSO
+
+An SSO login redirects through the identity provider (IdP) and back, which makes it slow. Doing it before every test multiplies that cost. Do it once per thread with [`@PreCondition`](/docs/guides/precondition): the provider logs in, Selenium Boot caches the session, and later tests restore it.
+
+:::note This is a sketch
+The selectors and URLs below are for a generic IdP login form. Swap in your IdP's real ones. It is not run against a public test IdP.
+:::
+
+## 1. Keep credentials out of the code
+
+Read them from the environment and fail loudly when they're missing:
+
+```java title="SsoConditions.java"
+import com.seleniumboot.precondition.BaseConditions;
+import com.seleniumboot.precondition.ConditionProvider;
+import com.seleniumboot.wait.WaitEngine;
+import org.openqa.selenium.By;
+
+public class SsoConditions extends BaseConditions {
+
+    @ConditionProvider("loginViaSso")
+    public void loginViaSso() {
+        open("/");                                  // app redirects to the IdP
+        type(By.id("username"), env("SSO_USER"));
+        click(By.id("next"));
+        type(By.id("password"), env("SSO_PASSWORD"));
+        click(By.id("sign-in"));
+        // wait until you're back on the app, signed in
+        WaitEngine.waitForVisible(By.id("user-menu"));
+    }
+
+    private static String env(String name) {
+        String value = System.getenv(name);
+        if (value == null || value.isBlank()) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Set the " + name + " environment variable");
+        }
+        return value;
+    }
+}
+```
+
+Register it like any other provider (SPI file or `PreConditionRegistry.register(...)`, see the [@PreCondition guide](/docs/guides/precondition)). Use a dedicated test account, never a real user's.
+
+## 2. Use it in tests
+
+```java
+@Test
+@PreCondition("loginViaSso")
+public void viewDashboard() {
+    open("/dashboard");   // signed in, no IdP round trip
+}
+```
+
+The first test on each thread runs the provider. The rest restore the cached cookies and localStorage. A retry runs the provider again.
+
+## What is and isn't automatable
+
+| Step | Automatable? |
+|---|---|
+| Username/password form on the IdP | Yes, as above |
+| MFA (SMS, authenticator app, push) | **No.** Ask for a test account or tenant with MFA disabled, or a service account |
+| Third-party consent screens ("Allow this app?") | Only if the screen appears every time and has stable selectors. Pre-approve the app for the test account if you can |
+| CAPTCHA / bot detection | **No.** Use an allow-listed test tenant |
+
+## Limits to know
+
+- The cache holds **cookies and localStorage** only. If your app keeps its token in `sessionStorage`, it is not restored.
+- The cache is **per thread** and lives for the run. A session that expires mid-run is not refreshed, so keep the run shorter than the session lifetime.
+- It is not shared across JVMs, so each parallel thread logs in once.
+
+**Deeper reference:** [@PreCondition](/docs/guides/precondition): providers, caching and retry behaviour.
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       ],
     },
     {