clientContext.user missing in background functions

[citylights]

The clientContext of my background function is not populated with the Netlify Identity user.

clientContext.user is populated as expected if I convert it to a regular (non-background) function.

[hrishikesh]

Hi @citylights,

This might help:

Function timeout increase and background function issues fix

What I meant was, if you used event-based functions, you’d get Identity data (verified by Netlify) in the event.body.payload object. You’re right, in background functions, you don’t have access to context.clientContext. So if you need to access that data, you might have to rely on event based functions.