Progressive Profiling: Update Verified Users Without Recreating Their Identity
Short answer: progressive profiling should update the record addressed by an immutable user ID, preserve verified identifiers as identities, and record each accepted change as a separately authorized, auditable state transition; it should never create a replacement user merely because a profile field or recovery address changes. For a healthtech sign-up flow, that rule matters more than…
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