Every property is optional ConnectionForList, even id and name

[Zertz]

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Description

#1093 changed the type from Connection to ConnectionForList but in the process made every property optional, which seems like a rather odd choice considering at least id and name are mandatory.

As asked by @cwkfs, why was this change made?

Reproduction

1. Upgrade to v4.22.0

Additional context

No response

node-auth0 version

4.22.0

Node.js version

20

[tanya732]

Hi @Zertz

Thank you for bringing this up, and for the detailed context!

You're absolutely right — making all properties optional in ConnectionForList was not the intended behavior, especially since fields like id and name should remain required.

We’ll prioritize correcting the type definition. We'll keep this thread updated as we work on a fix.

Thank you

[Zertz]

Hey @tanya732, I've noticed this issue remains with auth0@5 and has even spread to other types.

For example, every property in OrganizationConnection has become optional, which wasn't the case before. To be fair, the previous type may have wrong, however id cannot realistically be optional.

I understand the types are autogenerated and the actual issue may lie elsewhere but the fact remains that these types force us to add code that really shouldn't have to exist:

const organization = await managementClient.organizations.get("an-organization-id");

organization.id; // string | undefined

if (!organizationById.id) {
  throw new Error("This cannot happen but auth0 types are weird");
}

organization.id; // string

[jasonhilldm]

Yes, I am seeing the same thing with UserReponseSchema and GetUserResponseContent too where all properties are optional (ID, name, email, etc). These types are returned by list and get functions on users.