Question 1

How do I add login to Lovable?

Accepted Answer

Ask Lovable to add authentication — it enables Lovable Cloud (if not already on), then generates sign-up/login pages and wires them to email, Google, or other providers.

Question 2

How do I add user registration?

Accepted Answer

Ask Lovable to add sign-up with the fields and verification behaviour you want — it builds the form, creates the user in Lovable Cloud's auth system, and can store extra profile details in your database.

Question 3

How do I add Google login?

Accepted Answer

Ask Lovable to add Google sign-in — it can use Lovable's managed Google OAuth for a quick setup, or your own Google Cloud OAuth credentials if you need custom branding or scopes.

Question 4

How do I add password reset?

Accepted Answer

Ask Lovable to add a "forgot password" flow — it uses Lovable Cloud's authentication to email a reset link and lets the user set a new password.

Question 5

Why isn't my login working?

Accepted Answer

Check the browser console for the actual error first — common causes are unconfirmed email, a redirect URL mismatch, RLS blocking the post-login profile read, or a provider (like Google) misconfigured for the current domain.

Question 6

Why does my app keep redirecting to login?

Accepted Answer

This is almost always a session or route-guard bug: either the auth session isn't persisting, or a protected route checks auth state before it's loaded, so it bounces back to login even when signed in.

Question 7

Why are verification emails not arriving?

Accepted Answer

Usually the email lands in spam, the sending rate limit on Lovable Cloud's default mailer has been hit, or you haven't connected a proper email provider yet.

Question 8

How do I restrict pages to logged-in users?

Accepted Answer

Wrap the routes in a protected-route component that checks the current auth session and redirects signed-out users to login, and back this up with row-level security on any data those pages fetch.

Question 9

How do I create admin users?

Accepted Answer

Add a `user_roles` table with an `admin` role, assign it to the specific user's ID, and check that role server-side (in RLS policies and any admin-only functions) rather than trusting a front-end flag.

Question 10

How do I create different user roles?

Accepted Answer

Store roles in a dedicated `user_roles` table (never a column on the user's profile), and use a security-definer function to check roles inside RLS policies and route guards.

Question 11

How do I build an admin dashboard?

Accepted Answer

Ask Lovable to build a role-gated route that lists and manages your data (users, orders, content), backed by RLS policies that only let accounts with the `admin` role query the underlying tables.

Question 12

How do I prevent normal users accessing admin pages?

Accepted Answer

Guard the admin route with a check against the user's role from your `user_roles` table (not a front-end-only flag), and mirror that same check in RLS policies on any data the admin page loads.

Question 13

How do I delete a user?

Accepted Answer

Ask Lovable to add an admin action that deletes both the user's auth account and their related data (profile rows, uploads, etc.), since removing one without the other leaves orphaned records or broken references.

Question 14

How do I let users edit their profiles?

Accepted Answer

Add a profile form bound to a `profiles` table row keyed by the user's ID, with an RLS policy that only lets each user update their own row, not anyone else's.

Question 15

How do I test authentication properly?

Accepted Answer

Test with real, separate accounts in a private browser window for each role (signed-out, normal user, admin), checking both the UI and that the underlying API/RLS actually blocks what it should — not just what the interface shows.

Login & User Accounts questions