Session Migration: Switch IDPs Without Disrupting Users

Descope Session Migration is a tool designed to facilitate seamless transitions between identity providers (IdPs) without disrupting user sessions, ensuring an uninterrupted user experience during authentication system migrations. It works by validating existing session tokens from the legacy provider and issuing new Descope session tokens, allowing users to remain logged in without needing to re-authenticate. This process is crucial during migrations as authentication errors can lead to user lockouts, failed requests, and revenue loss. Descope's solution is particularly beneficial for mobile apps with long-lived sessions, phased rollouts, and vendor transitions, as it supports dual token validation, enabling gradual migration. Additionally, Descope offers API key migration to streamline the transition of system credentials, ensuring continued functionality of internal services. GoodRx's successful migration to Descope highlights the efficacy of this tool in maintaining user continuity without downtime. Descope provides a suite of migration tools, including SSO and password migration, to make the switch to its platform as seamless as possible for both users and developers.