From b27221b3561478ae98ed5955fde51dfcf59d4a21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alec Larson <1925840+aleclarson@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:21:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat: return false from `generateId` callback to imply
 database-generated ID (#3723)

* feat: return false from generateId to imply database-generated ID

* chore: add changeset

* chore: update changeset

---------

Co-authored-by: Bereket Engida <86073083+Bekacru@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .changeset/funny-rules-rest.md                      | 5 +++++
 packages/better-auth/src/init.ts                    | 2 +-
 packages/better-auth/src/plugins/anonymous/index.ts | 3 ++-
 packages/better-auth/src/types/options.ts           | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/funny-rules-rest.md

diff --git a/.changeset/funny-rules-rest.md b/.changeset/funny-rules-rest.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6afbf4c29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/funny-rules-rest.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"better-auth": patch
+---
+
+feat: allow returning false from `generateId` callback to imply database-generated ID
diff --git a/packages/better-auth/src/init.ts b/packages/better-auth/src/init.ts
index 8d8c12fe74..ee55358752 100644
--- a/packages/better-auth/src/init.ts
+++ b/packages/better-auth/src/init.ts
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ export type AuthContext = {
 	generateId: (options: {
 		model: LiteralUnion<Models, string>;
 		size?: number;
-	}) => string;
+	}) => string | false;
 	secondaryStorage: SecondaryStorage | undefined;
 	password: {
 		hash: (password: string) => Promise<string>;
diff --git a/packages/better-auth/src/plugins/anonymous/index.ts b/packages/better-auth/src/plugins/anonymous/index.ts
index ec92078bf7..c0d2e2ba62 100644
--- a/packages/better-auth/src/plugins/anonymous/index.ts
+++ b/packages/better-auth/src/plugins/anonymous/index.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { parseSetCookieHeader, setSessionCookie } from "../../cookies";
 import { getOrigin } from "../../utils/url";
 import { mergeSchema } from "../../db/schema";
 import type { EndpointContext } from "better-call";
+import { generateId } from "../../utils/id";
 
 export interface UserWithAnonymous extends User {
 	isAnonymous: boolean;
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ export const anonymous = (options?: AnonymousOptions) => {
 				async (ctx) => {
 					const { emailDomainName = getOrigin(ctx.context.baseURL) } =
 						options || {};
-					const id = ctx.context.generateId({ model: "user" });
+					const id = generateId();
 					const email = `temp-${id}@${emailDomainName}`;
 					const name = (await options?.generateName?.(ctx)) || "Anonymous";
 					const newUser = await ctx.context.internalAdapter.createUser(
diff --git a/packages/better-auth/src/types/options.ts b/packages/better-auth/src/types/options.ts
index f0620a09ed..6e9ca536db 100644
--- a/packages/better-auth/src/types/options.ts
+++ b/packages/better-auth/src/types/options.ts
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ export type BetterAuthOptions = {
 				| ((options: {
 						model: LiteralUnion<Models, string>;
 						size?: number;
-				  }) => string)
+				  }) => string | false)
 				| false;
 		};
 		/**