How to use two authmodes in AWS amplify gen2

Question

I want to use both userPool and identityPool auth modes in my Amplify Gen 2 app. I need unauthenticated users to have read-only access, and authenticated users to have full access. But currently, I can only use one auth mode. How can I enable both?

import { type ClientSchema, a, defineData } from '@aws-amplify/backend';

const schema = a.schema({
  Listing: a.model({
  title: a.string(),
  description: a.string(),
  imageUrl: a.string(),
  price: a.float(),
  sellerId: a.string(),
  category: a.string(),
  location: a.string(),
  createdAt: a.datetime(),
}).authorization((allow) => [
  allow.authenticated(),          
  allow.guest().to(['read']),     
]),

  RentOrder: a.model({
  advId: a.string(),
  borrowerUserId: a.string(),
  lenderUserID: a.string(),
  borrowerEmailID: a.string(),
  lenderEmailID: a.string(),
  rentValue: a.string(),
  commonID: a.string(),
}).authorization((allow) => [allow.authenticated()])

});

export type Schema = ClientSchema<typeof schema>;

export const data = defineData({
  schema,
  authorizationModes: {
  
    defaultAuthorizationMode: 'userPool'
  },
});

Jetblackwings · Accepted Answer · 2025-08-15 07:34:39Z

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update I fixed this issue by manually changing authmode in my app state

  let authMode = "iam"; // fallback default

    try {
      const user = await getCurrentUser();
      if (user) {
        authMode = "userPool";
        console.log("🧪 Auth mode set to userPool");
      }
    } catch (err) {
      console.log("🧪 Not logged in. Falling back to IAM.");
    }

answered Aug 15 at 7:34

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