Last Login Method

Records which method was used on the most recent successful sign-in, in a cookie and optionally in the database: the "you last signed in with GitHub" hint. Mirrors the TS lastLoginMethod() plugin.

Enable

from better_auth import BetterAuth
from better_auth.plugins_ext import LastLoginMethodPlugin

auth = BetterAuth(
    secret="a-strong-32-character-minimum-secret",
    plugins=[LastLoginMethodPlugin(store_in_database=True)],
)

Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
cookie_name	str	"better-auth.last_used_login_method"	Cookie carrying the hint.
max_age	int	2592000	Cookie lifetime in seconds (30 days).
custom_resolve_method	callable | None	None	(ctx) -> str | None, override how the method name is derived.
store_in_database	bool	False	Also persist on the user row.
before_store_cookie	callable | None	None	(ctx, method) -> bool, gate the cookie (consent).
schema	dict | None	None	Field-name override for the database column.

Endpoints

None. The plugin is hooks only.

Schema

Only when store_in_database=True:

Table	Added columns
user	lastLoginMethod

Notes

• The default resolver derives the method from the sign-in path:

  Sign-in	Recorded method
  /sign-in/email, /sign-up/email	"email"
  OAuth callback (/callback/{provider}, including proxied sign-ins)	the provider id, e.g. "github"
  Sign-In with Ethereum	"siwe"
  /passkey/verify-authentication	"passkey"
  /magic-link/verify	"magic-link"
  /sign-in/email-otp	"email-otp"

  custom_resolve_method replaces it.

• Email OTP sign-ins are recorded as "email-otp" since 1.1. Before, no method was recorded for them.