CLIENT MODULE, PLATFORM SETUP AND SERVER FLOW
Passkeys with React Native
React Native reaches passkeys through the native APIs — AuthenticationServices on iOS and Credential Manager on Android. The client module wraps them; the harder half is the association files and knowing which devices actually complete the ceremony.
What React Native teams need beyond passkey APIs
Keep your existing stack
Keep your current React Native codebase and identity layer while Corbado adds rollout and telemetry coverage.
Device-level readiness
Track OS, browser and authenticator readiness before customer device drift becomes a support issue.
Passkeys insight
Measure registration, sign-in, fallback and failure patterns across real iOS and Android journeys.
THE CLIENT MODULE TALKS TO YOUR RELYING PARTY SERVER
Register and authenticate from the React Native client
Your server issues the creation and assertion options; the native module runs the platform ceremony and returns the signed response for verification. The two association files are what decide whether this works at all.
React Native
import { Passkey } from 'react-native-passkey';
// Your server returns standard WebAuthn assertion options
const options = await relyingPartyServer.startLogin('user@example.com');
// The native module runs the platform ceremony (Face ID / Credential Manager)
const result = await Passkey.get(options);
// Send the signed response back for verification
await relyingPartyServer.finishLogin(result);
Find out which devices silently fail the ceremony
Native passkey failures rarely surface as errors — the user just falls back to a password. This covers the adoption, fallback and error signals that make those paths visible.
PASSKEYS ROLLOUT OPERATIONS
What enterprise teams need in production
Passkey APIs are only one layer. Enterprise rollouts also need governance, investigation workflows and reporting once real users hit production traffic.
Passkey journey visibility
Inspect registration, sign-in, recovery, fallback and drop-off patterns across real customer journeys.
Rollout governance
Phase passkeys by cohort, device, browser or market and keep kill-switches ready when rollout conditions change.
Support investigation
Move from a vague ticket to one exact failing path instead of stitching together logs from multiple tools.
Existing stack compatibility
Keep your current IdP, session model and application flows while adding passkey-specific coverage on top.
Device readiness
Track browser, OS, authenticator and platform drift before rollout issues become expensive support queues.
Stakeholder reporting
Share adoption, failure patterns and business impact with IAM, product, security and support teams.
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MODULE, PLATFORM SETUP AND TROUBLESHOOTING FOR REACT NATIVE PASSKEYS
React Native
The client module, the two association files every native passkey rollout needs, and the diagnostics for when the ceremony does not start.
About Corbado
Corbado is the Passkey Intelligence Platform for large-scale CIAM teams running consumer authentication. We help you see what IDP logs and generic analytics tools can't: where passkeys, passwords, OTP, social login and fallback journeys succeed, stall or fail, which devices and browsers create friction, and when an OS update silently breaks login. Two products: Corbado Observe layers process mining and observability across authentication journeys. Corbado Connect adds managed passkeys with analytics built in alongside your IDP. VicRoads runs passkeys for 5M+ users with Corbado (+80% passkey activation). Talk to a Passkey Expert →
Ship React Native passkeys that actually complete
Keep your own WebAuthn server and see which OS versions, OEMs and credential managers finish the ceremony before you widen the rollout.
- Use your own WebAuthn server
- Verify both association files
- See per-device fallback and failure paths