Begins the password reset process. Sets the requested user’s account into a
RESET_REQUIRED status, and sends them a password-reset code. Your user pool also sends the user a notification with a reset code and the information that their password has been reset. At sign-in, your application or the managed login session receives a challenge to complete the reset by confirming the code and setting a new password.
To use this API operation, your user pool must have self-service account recovery configured.
This action might generate an SMS text message. Starting June 1, 2021, US telecom carriers require you to register an origination phone number before you can send SMS messages to US phone numbers. If you use SMS text messages in Amazon Cognito, you must register a phone number with
Amazon Pinpoint. Amazon Cognito uses the registered number automatically. Otherwise, Amazon Cognito users who must receive SMS messages might not be able to sign up, activate their accounts, or sign in.
If you have never used SMS text messages with Amazon Cognito or any other Amazon Web Services service, Amazon Simple Notification Service might place your account in the SMS sandbox. In
sandbox mode, you can send messages only to verified phone numbers. After you test your app while in the sandbox environment, you can move out of the sandbox and into production. For more information, see
SMS message settings for Amazon Cognito user pools in the
Amazon Cognito Developer Guide.
Amazon Cognito evaluates Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies in requests for this API operation. For this operation, you must use IAM credentials to authorize requests, and you must grant yourself the corresponding IAM permission in a policy.
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