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Summary

  • Adds auth0Client.anonymous sub-client (AnonymousSessionApiClient) with localStorage/memory caching, expiry-aware token refresh, and silent session replacement
  • Adds two new config options to Auth0ClientOptions: anonymousSessionsCacheMode ('localStorage' | 'memory', defaults to 'localStorage') and createAnonymousSessionOnFailedSilentAuth (defaults to false)
  • checkSession() will now create an anonymous session when createAnonymousSessionOnFailedSilentAuth is enabled, but only when the error is login_required (not consent_required or interaction_required since those mean a user already exists)
  • Each audience and scope combination gets its own cache slot so tokens are never mixed up across resource servers. The same anonymous identity (session token) is shared across all slots
  • Re-exports anonymous session types and errors from @auth0/auth0-auth-js so consumers do not need to add it as a direct dependency
  • Bumps @auth0/auth0-auth-js to ^1.14.0

Test plan

  • All existing unit tests pass (npm test)
  • auth0.anonymous.createSession() creates a session and saves it to localStorage
  • auth0.anonymous.getTokenSilently() returns the cached token without a network call when the access token is still fresh
  • auth0.anonymous.getTokenSilently() renews via session token when the access token is expired
  • auth0.anonymous.getTokenSilently({ audience: 'A' }) and getTokenSilently({ audience: 'B' }) fetch independently with no cross-audience cache hit
  • auth0.anonymous.logout() clears the stored session
  • createAnonymousSessionOnFailedSilentAuth: true creates an anonymous session on checkSession() for a user who has never logged in
  • loginWithRedirect() carries the auth0_anon cookie automatically

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added support for anonymous sessions through the Auth0 client.
    • Anonymous sessions can be created or restored after failed silent authentication when enabled.
    • Anonymous session tokens can be stored in memory or local storage.
    • Added configuration options for anonymous session behavior and enterprise connection scenarios.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Prevented concurrent requests from creating multiple anonymous identities.
    • MFA step-up authentication failures no longer trigger anonymous session creation.
    • Improved handling of anonymous session storage and cleanup errors.

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Walkthrough

The SDK adds an anonymous session client with configurable caching and concurrent-token locking. Auth0Client.checkSession can create or restore an anonymous session for selected unauthenticated failures. Public anonymous-session, configuration, and domain-discovery exports are added.

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Anonymous session contracts and exports

Layer / File(s) Summary
Public contracts and exports
src/global.ts, src/anonymous/index.ts, src/index.ts
Adds anonymous-session options, enterpriseConnect, anonymous-session exports, and domain-discovery exports.

Anonymous session client and caching

Layer / File(s) Summary
Session caching and token coordination
src/anonymous/AnonymousSessionCacheManager.ts, src/anonymous/AnonymousSessionApiClient.ts, __tests__/anonymous/*
Adds localStorage or memory caching, collision-resistant audience/scope keys, reload-aware token lookup, cleanup, storage error handling, and lock-protected token creation and renewal.

Auth0Client integration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Silent-authentication fallback
src/Auth0Client.ts, __tests__/Auth0Client/checkSession.test.ts
Adds the public anonymous client and invokes it when configured and when silent authentication fails with non-MFA login_required errors. Anonymous-session errors are swallowed and MFA step-up errors do not trigger the fallback.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Auth0Client
  participant AnonymousSessionApiClient
  participant ILockManager
  participant AnonymousSessionCacheManager
  participant AnonymousSessionClient
  Auth0Client->>AnonymousSessionApiClient: getTokenSilently()
  AnonymousSessionApiClient->>AnonymousSessionCacheManager: check cached session token
  AnonymousSessionApiClient->>ILockManager: runWithLock(anonymous::<clientId>)
  ILockManager->>AnonymousSessionCacheManager: re-check cached session token
  AnonymousSessionApiClient->>AnonymousSessionClient: getAccessToken()
  AnonymousSessionClient-->>AnonymousSessionApiClient: return anonymous session
  AnonymousSessionApiClient->>AnonymousSessionCacheManager: persist session
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The anonymous-session feature has several bounded edge cases around storage-restricted browsers, failed logout, session replacement, and public documentation. These should be fixed or explicitly accepted before release, but they do not indicate broad failure in normal flows.

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Inline comments:
In `@src/anonymous/AnonymousSessionApiClient.ts`:
- Line 78: Guard the localStorage availability check in
AnonymousSessionApiClient with a try/catch, and fall back to makeMemoryStore()
if accessing window.localStorage throws. Preserve the existing
localStorage-backed store when access succeeds.
- Line 127: Update the logout flow around authJsClient.logout() to call
store.remove() in a finally block so the local session is always cleared, while
allowing the remote logout rejection to propagate unchanged.
- Around line 97-121: Update getTokenSilently and createSession to persist the
requested audience and scope on each AnonymousSession, then only return the
cached session when both authorization parameters match and the token remains
fresh. On mismatches, call authJsClient.getAccessToken with the requested
parameters and stored sessionToken before caching the resulting session.

In `@src/Auth0Client.ts`:
- Line 355: Change the default for anonymousSessionsCacheMode in Auth0Client and
AnonymousSessionApiClient from localStorage to memory, while preserving explicit
localStorage configuration.
- Around line 913-921: Update the catch around getTokenSilently in checkSession
to invoke _maybeCreateAnonymousSession only for the SDK’s unauthenticated error
condition, such as error === 'login_required'; let timeout, network, and other
failures propagate without creating or renewing an anonymous session.

In `@static/anonymous.html`:
- Line 152: Update the token calls in the anonymous session flow to use
client.anonymous.getTokenSilently({ audience }) instead of getAccessToken,
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__tests__/anonymous/AnonymousSessionApiClient.test.ts (1)

30-30: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Extract a client factory to remove the repeated construction boilerplate.

new AnonymousSessionApiClient(authJsClient as any, 'test_client', <mode>) is repeated in 15 tests. A small factory removes the repeated as any cast and centralizes the client id, so a constructor signature change needs one edit.

♻️ Proposed helper
 const STORAGE_KEY = '@@auth0spajs@@::test_client::anonymous';
 
 describe('AnonymousSessionApiClient', () => {
   let authJsClient: ReturnType<typeof makeAuthJsClient>;
+
+  const makeClient = (cacheMode?: 'localStorage' | 'memory') =>
+    new AnonymousSessionApiClient(
+      authJsClient as any,
+      'test_client',
+      cacheMode as any
+    );

Then each test uses const client = makeClient('memory');.

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In `@__tests__/anonymous/AnonymousSessionApiClient.test.ts` at line 30, Extract a
local client factory in the AnonymousSessionApiClient tests that accepts the
storage mode, centralizes the `test_client` identifier and `authJsClient as any`
cast, and returns a new AnonymousSessionApiClient. Replace the repeated
constructor calls, including the additional occurrences, with the factory while
preserving each test’s existing mode.
__tests__/Auth0Client/checkSession.test.ts (1)

220-225: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert that getTokenSilently was called in the error-swallowing test.

The test asserts only that checkSession() resolves to undefined. checkSession() also resolves to undefined when createAnonymousSessionOnFailedSilentAuth is ignored and anonymous.getTokenSilently is never called. The assertion therefore passes even if the swallow logic in _maybeCreateAnonymousSession is removed. Add a call assertion so the test fails on that regression.

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       it('swallows anonymous session creation errors silently', async () => {
         const auth0 = setup({ createAnonymousSessionOnFailedSilentAuth: true });
         jest.spyOn(auth0.anonymous, 'getTokenSilently').mockRejectedValue(new Error('feature_not_enabled'));
 
         await expect(auth0.checkSession()).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+        expect(auth0.anonymous.getTokenSilently).toHaveBeenCalled();
       });
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In `@__tests__/Auth0Client/checkSession.test.ts` around lines 220 - 225, Update
the “swallows anonymous session creation errors silently” test to assert that
the mocked anonymous.getTokenSilently method is called after
auth0.checkSession() resolves. Keep the existing resolution assertion and use
the existing spy to verify the anonymous-session error-swallowing path is
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In `@__tests__/Auth0Client/checkSession.test.ts`:
- Around line 212-213: Update the checkSession tests using utils.runIframe and
esCookie.get so their configured rejection and return value apply only to the
current test. Replace persistent mock implementations with one-shot mocks, and
configure the required behavior explicitly within each test instead of relying
on afterEach’s jest.clearAllMocks().

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Nitpick comments:
In `@__tests__/anonymous/AnonymousSessionApiClient.test.ts`:
- Line 30: Extract a local client factory in the AnonymousSessionApiClient tests
that accepts the storage mode, centralizes the `test_client` identifier and
`authJsClient as any` cast, and returns a new AnonymousSessionApiClient. Replace
the repeated constructor calls, including the additional occurrences, with the
factory while preserving each test’s existing mode.

In `@__tests__/Auth0Client/checkSession.test.ts`:
- Around line 220-225: Update the “swallows anonymous session creation errors
silently” test to assert that the mocked anonymous.getTokenSilently method is
called after auth0.checkSession() resolves. Keep the existing resolution
assertion and use the existing spy to verify the anonymous-session
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src/anonymous/AnonymousSessionApiClient.ts (1)

119-119: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Match scope exactly before returning a cached token.

Line 119 treats an omitted or empty scope as a wildcard. After a request caches a token for scope: 'openid profile', a request with no scope returns that token instead of requesting the default-scope token.

Compare stored._scope === requestedScope unconditionally. Add a regression test for explicit scope followed by an omitted scope.

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-      (!requestedScope || stored._scope === requestedScope)
+      stored._scope === requestedScope
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In `@src/anonymous/AnonymousSessionApiClient.ts` at line 119, Update the
cached-token matching logic in AnonymousSessionApiClient to require
stored._scope === requestedScope unconditionally, so omitted or empty scopes do
not match tokens cached for an explicit scope; add a regression test covering an
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In `@src/anonymous/AnonymousSessionApiClient.ts`:
- Line 119: Update the cached-token matching logic in AnonymousSessionApiClient
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206-206: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the arguments in the scope test.

toHaveBeenCalled() passes even if the client sends the previous scope. The audience test at Line 165 already asserts the arguments. Use the same assertion here so the test proves that scope reaches getAccessToken.

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-      expect(authJsClient.getAccessToken).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(authJsClient.getAccessToken).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        scope: 'openid profile',
+        sessionToken: freshSession.sessionToken
+      });
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In `@__tests__/anonymous/AnonymousSessionApiClient.test.ts` at line 206, Update
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In `@src/anonymous/AnonymousSessionApiClient.ts`:
- Line 161: Update the token request flow around getAnySessionToken and
getAccessToken to serialize the initial session-token lookup: retain and reuse a
pending Promise<string | undefined> for concurrent callers, clearing it once
settled, so parallel audience requests share the same anonymous identity before
stored session data is available.
- Around line 172-173: Update logout in AnonymousSessionApiClient to remove
every localStorage key beginning with baseKey when useLocalStorage is enabled,
in addition to clearing the in-memory stores map. Preserve the existing store
removal behavior and ensure persisted slots from prior page loads cannot be
reused by getAnySessionToken.

In `@src/Auth0Client.ts`:
- Line 918: Update the GenericError condition in the relevant catch path to
require error_description not equal to MFA_STEP_UP_ERROR_DESCRIPTION when
handling login_required. Preserve anonymous-session creation for other
login_required errors, but exclude the MFA step-up variant identified by
_isIframeMfaError.

---

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- Line 206: Update the scope test assertion around authJsClient.getAccessToken
to verify it was called with the expected scope argument, matching the
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In `@src/anonymous/AnonymousSessionCacheManager.ts`:
- Line 62: Update the cache-key construction in AnonymousSessionCacheManager to
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In `@src/anonymous/AnonymousSessionApiClient.ts`:
- Line 82: Update AnonymousSessionApiClient.getTokenSilently() so the existing
sessionToken renewal path also acquires the anonymous::${clientId} lock before
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const sessionToken = stored?.sessionToken ?? this.cache.getAnySessionToken();

if (sessionToken) {

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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The @auth0/auth0-auth-js library (a mono repo containing several SDKs [1][2]) does not natively include an AnonymousSessionClient or a sessionToken property in its standard AuthClient API [3][4]. Based on your query regarding getAccessToken and expired tokens, here is the technical context for this library: 1. Handling Expired Tokens: In the @auth0/auth0-server-js package (part of the same mono repo), the getAccessToken() method automatically manages token caching and expiration [5]. It returns the cached token if it is valid; if the token is missing or expired, the SDK performs a request to Auth0 to retrieve a new token—provided it has access to a Refresh Token (usually by requesting the offline_access scope) [5]. 2. Terminology Clarification: - sessionToken is not a standard term used within the @auth0/auth0-auth-js SDKs; typically, you work with accessToken, idToken, and refreshToken [4]. - If you encountered AnonymousSessionClient or sessionToken in your codebase, it is likely part of a custom implementation, a different library (such as those used for commerce platforms [6]), or a misunderstanding of the Auth0 Next.js SDK [7]. 3. Development Recommendation: If you are working with expiration logic in @auth0/auth0-auth-js, ensure you are tracking the expiresAt (Unix timestamp in seconds) returned in the TokenResponse [4]. When the current time exceeds expiresAt, you should initiate a token refresh or re-authentication flow [8]. For accurate documentation for your version (1.14.0), refer directly to the README.md or the packages/auth0-auth-js folder within the official repository, as the API surfaces across the mono repo's packages (auth0-auth-js, auth0-api-js, and auth0-server-js) differ in functionality [1][2].

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Serialize anonymous-session renewal when an existing session token can expire.

When AnonymousSessionApiClient.getTokenSilently() passes a stored sessionToken to AnonymousSessionClient.getAccessToken(), an expired token causes @auth0/auth0-auth-js 1.14.0 to create a replacement identity. Line 82 bypasses anonymous::${clientId}, so concurrent requests for different cache slots can store different replacement identities. Hold the same lock around this path and add a regression test that verifies concurrent renewals converge on one replacement token.

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In `@src/anonymous/AnonymousSessionApiClient.ts` at line 82, Update
AnonymousSessionApiClient.getTokenSilently() so the existing sessionToken
renewal path also acquires the anonymous::${clientId} lock before calling
AnonymousSessionClient.getAccessToken(). Ensure concurrent renewals for
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🟡 Minor · Inspect every configured scope for offline_access.

src/Auth0Client.ts:238-242
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Inspect every configured scope for offline_access.

ClientAuthorizationParams.scope accepts a string or an audience-keyed Record<string, string>. The Enterprise Connect warning checks only the string form, so offline_access in a record value bypasses the warning. The proposed parsing is type-safe because every supported record value is a string.

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     const scope = options.authorizationParams?.scope;
+    const hasOfflineAccess =
+      typeof scope === 'string'
+        ? scope.split(/\s+/).includes('offline_access')
+        : Object.values(scope ?? {}).some(value =>
+            value.split(/\s+/).includes('offline_access')
+          );
+
     if (
       options.useRefreshTokens === true ||
-      (typeof scope === 'string' && scope.includes('offline_access'))
+      hasOfflineAccess
     ) {
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In `@src/Auth0Client.ts` around lines 238 - 242, Update the scope detection in the
Auth0Client authorization logic to inspect both supported scope shapes: the
direct string and every string value in an audience-keyed record. Treat the
presence of offline_access in any record value the same as the existing string
check, while preserving the useRefreshTokens condition and the Enterprise
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src/anonymous/AnonymousSessionApiClient.ts (1)

97-103: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Propagate a replacement session token to every cache slot.

After one audience renews an expired session token, Line 103 updates only that audience's slot. Another slot still contains the expired token. Line 98 then prefers that stale token and can create another anonymous identity during its next renewal.

The client-wide lock serializes these renewals, but it does not make them converge on one identity. Store the identity token centrally or update the sessionToken in every cache slot before releasing the lock. Add a regression case with expired tokens in two audience slots.

This is the same unresolved cross-slot renewal concern from the previous review. The current lock-only implementation does not remove the stale tokens.

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In `@src/anonymous/AnonymousSessionApiClient.ts` around lines 97 - 103, Update the
renewal flow around authJsClient.getAccessToken and store.set so a newly
returned session token is propagated to every audience cache slot, not only the
slot being renewed. Ensure subsequent getAnySessionToken calls cannot select an
expired token, and add a regression case covering expired tokens in two audience
slots.
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Inline comments:
In `@src/global.ts`:
- Around line 376-385: Update the JSDoc for
createAnonymousSessionOnFailedSilentAuth to document its actual checkSession()
behavior: it applies when no authentication cookie exists or silent
authentication returns login_required, does not intercept direct
getTokenSilently() calls, and preserves checkSession()’s best-effort behavior
without exposing the original error.

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In `@src/Auth0Client.ts`:
- Around line 238-242: Update the scope detection in the Auth0Client
authorization logic to inspect both supported scope shapes: the direct string
and every string value in an audience-keyed record. Treat the presence of
offline_access in any record value the same as the existing string check, while
preserving the useRefreshTokens condition and the Enterprise Connect warning
behavior.

---

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In `@src/anonymous/AnonymousSessionApiClient.ts`:
- Around line 97-103: Update the renewal flow around authJsClient.getAccessToken
and store.set so a newly returned session token is propagated to every audience
cache slot, not only the slot being renewed. Ensure subsequent
getAnySessionToken calls cannot select an expired token, and add a regression
case covering expired tokens in two audience slots.

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PR introduces a significant new public API surface:

  • Two new createAuth0Client options: anonymousSessionsCacheMode, createAnonymousSessionOnFailedSilentAuth
  • New auth0.anonymous sub-client with four public methods: createSession(), getTokenSilently(), logout(), getClaims()

can we also look at updating -

  • A section in README.md covering the two new options and the auth0.anonymous API
  • An examples/anonymous-sessions.md with worked examples covering the key flows: checkSession with createAnonymousSessionOnFailedSilentAuth, explicit createSession with metadata, getTokenSilently with an audience, and logout

- Add `auth0Client.anonymous` sub-client (AnonymousSessionApiClient) wrapping
  auth0-auth-js AnonymousSessionClient with localStorage/memory caching
- Add `anonymousSessionsCacheMode` and `createAnonymousSessionOnFailedSilentAuth`
  config options to Auth0ClientOptions
- Hook createAnonymousSessionOnFailedSilentAuth into checkSession() for both
  first-time visitors (no isAuthenticated cookie) and lapsed authenticated sessions
- Re-export anonymous session types and errors from @auth0/auth0-auth-js
- Bump @auth0/auth0-auth-js to ^1.14.0 (anonymous sessions support)
- Extract makeClient factory in AnonymousSessionApiClient tests to remove repeated constructor boilerplate
- Add beforeEach mock reset in createAnonymousSessionOnFailedSilentAuth block to prevent esCookie.get mock state leaking from outer tests
- Use one-shot mocks (mockRejectedValueOnce/mockReturnValueOnce) to avoid bleed between tests
- Upgrade runIframe mock to throw GenericError so it matches the error-type filter in checkSession
- Add missing toHaveBeenCalled assertion to the error-swallow test
- Remove static/anonymous.html POC playground (not part of the SDK)
Moves all storage logic (key construction, localStorage vs memory decision,
per-slot stores, session token scanning, clear-all) into a dedicated class.
AnonymousSessionApiClient now only holds auth logic.
…TokenSilently calls

Adds a global per-client lock so concurrent calls with no existing session
token serialize the first identity creation. Subsequent callers pick up the
session token via the double-check inside the lock.

Also fixes a delimiter-collision bug in the cache key: audience and scope are
now encoded with JSON.stringify to prevent distinct tuples from sharing a slot.
…ot access tokens

Store the session token once in a dedicated shared key instead of
duplicating it across every audience slot. Each slot now holds only
the access token, expiry, and granted scope.

getTokenSilently returns a narrow AnonymousTokenResult without exposing
the session token. The session token is only updated on renewal when
the session was replaced or no token exists yet.

The slots Map is pre-populated from localStorage on construction so
removeAll clears all slots including those from previous page loads
without needing a separate scan at logout time.
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**Added**
- feat(anonymous): add anonymous sessions support
[\#1750](#1750)
([yogeshchoudhary147](https://github.com/yogeshchoudhary147))
- feat: add typed Experiment Center override params to
AuthorizationParams
[\#1756](#1756)
([yogeshchoudhary147](https://github.com/yogeshchoudhary147))
yogeshchoudhary147 added a commit to auth0/auth0-react that referenced this pull request Sep 18, 2026
## Summary

- Adds `anonymous` sub-client to `Auth0ContextInterface` and wires it
through the provider via `useMemo(() => client.anonymous, [client])`,
following the same pattern as `mfa` and `passkey`
- Exports `AnonymousSessionError` and anonymous session types from
`@auth0/auth0-react` so React developers can import from a single
package
- Config options `anonymousSessionsCacheMode` and
`createAnonymousSessionOnFailedSilentAuth` pass through automatically
via `Auth0ProviderWithConfigOptions extends Auth0ClientOptions`

## Related

- auth0-spa-js PR: auth0/auth0-spa-js#1750
- auth0-spa-js release:
https://github.com/auth0/auth0-spa-js/releases/tag/v2.27.0

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

- **New Features**
  - Added anonymous session support to the authentication context.
- Applications can create anonymous sessions, retrieve tokens, check
session status, access claims, and log out through the provider.
- Exposed anonymous session types, options, and error information for
SDK consumers.
- **Tests**
- Added coverage for anonymous session availability, option forwarding,
metadata handling, claims, session checks, logout, and error
propagation.
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