SNOW-1892848: Web Browser Auth doesnt need user to be passed but asserts it

[karunmotorq]

Web Browser Auth doesnt need user to be passed but asserts it anyway
When passing dummy variable, auth still fails to happen
This deviates from the behaviour of the JS SDK

PR

[sfc-gh-dszmolka]

thanks for raising this and the PR too. The username is required for externalbrowser authentication and it's expected to fail without it. If the node.js driver somehow is able to authenticate with externalbrowser without username, that's not the expected behaviour.

Please, provide username in the connection at all times for all authentication methods. If there's a Snowflake documentation which says otherwise, I would like to know about it because I might miss something. Thank you !

[nicornk]

I want to leave a +1 that having to specify the username is cumbersome especially when you are providing template code to others and they need to modify it before login in with externalbrowser.

@sfc-gh-dszmolka could you elaborate on the threat you are trying to close with this assertion?