Mongoose Schema deleted for no reason

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#1

I am creating an Authentication System using with 2-Factor Authentication. Sending an OTP code to the user’s email and validating it.

The OTP is saved on my MongoDB using a Mongoose Schema, and it is supposed to expire after one hour. However, sometimes it gets deleted instantly for no reason, so the user has to request for another one.

I’ve already tried different approaches; deleted all the users, the DB, etc. But sometimes it’s still doing that.

How can I avoid that the OTP gets deleted before the right time?

Here you have the OTP Schema with the user’s reference to compare to the code that the user introduces.

import mongoose, {Schema, model} from 'mongoose'
import bcrypt from 'bcrypt'

const EmailVerificationTokenSchema = mongoose.Schema({
  owner: {
    type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
    ref: "User",
    required: true,
  },
  token: {
    type: String,
    required: true,
  },
  createdAt: {
    type: Date,
    expires: 3600,
    default: Date.now(),
  },
})

EmailVerificationTokenSchema.pre('save', async function(next) {
  if (this.isModified('token')) {
    this.token = await bcrypt.hash(this.token, 10)
  }
  next()
})

EmailVerificationTokenSchema.methods.compareToken = async function(token) {
  const result = await bcrypt.compare(token, this.token)
  return result
}

export default model('EmailVerificationToken', EmailVerificationTokenSchema)

Here I leave the URL of the project in production: Vite + React
Here is the github repo: GitHub - JaviKeziah/mern-milan.org

#2

I suggest you do three things:

  1. Pay attention to the OS (for “Operating System”) in the title
  2. Observe the logo and see how it is different
  3. This one is optional: check some of the topics here and see how they seem to be not even remotely related to a database.
#3