Primary rail
WhatsApp OTP
Verify the phone rail that operations and riders reach first.
Onboarding
Verify your rails, then finish the rider profile.
Every user ends up with a usable phone and email path. The profile step keeps trust signals, home city, and privacy defaults aligned with the hops model.
No passwordsProfile gate before dashboard
Identity shortcut
Use Google when the user already has a trusted email identity and should land back here with more fields prefilled.
Continue with GoogleProfile completion continues here if any required rider fields are still missing.
Recovery rail
Email magic link
Keep a fallback credential that can recover WhatsApp or Google sign-in later.