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## reauthenticateWithCredential() function

Re-authenticates a user using a fresh credential.

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
export declare function reauthenticateWithCredential(user: User, credential: AuthCredential): Promise<UserCredential>;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  user | [User](./auth.user.md) | The user. |
|  credential | [AuthCredential](./auth.authcredential.md) | The auth credential. |

<b>Returns:</b>

Promise&lt;[UserCredential](./auth.usercredential.md)<!-- -->&gt;

## Remarks

Use before operations such as [updatePassword()](./auth.updatepassword.md) that require tokens from recent sign-in attempts. This method can be used to recover from a CREDENTIAL\_TOO\_OLD\_LOGIN\_AGAIN error.