diff --git a/resources/static/common/js/user.js b/resources/static/common/js/user.js
index c0fc1103baed0c40776ee17ec7d603fa363966c7..c5433499a1e4f4a4ae765dc7d0a8ddb6f7fbfaeb 100644
--- a/resources/static/common/js/user.js
+++ b/resources/static/common/js/user.js
@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ BrowserID.User = (function() {
     complete(onComplete, status);
   }
 
+  function markAddressVerified(email) {
+    var idInfo = storage.getEmail(email) || {};
+    idInfo.verified = true;
+    storage.addSecondaryEmail(email, idInfo);
+  }
+
   function completeAddressVerification(completeFunc, token, password, onComplete, onFailure) {
     User.tokenInfo(token, function(info) {
       var invalidInfo = { valid: false };
@@ -125,17 +131,10 @@ BrowserID.User = (function() {
 
           if (valid) {
             result = _.extend({ valid: valid }, info);
-            var email = info.email,
-                idInfo = storage.getEmail(email);
-
             // Now that the address is verified, its verified bit has to be
             // updated as well or else the user will be forced to verify the
             // address again.
-            if (idInfo) {
-              idInfo.verified = true;
-              storage.addEmail(email, idInfo);
-            }
-
+            markAddressVerified(info.email);
             storage.setReturnTo("");
           }
 
@@ -163,6 +162,11 @@ BrowserID.User = (function() {
           // data.
           storage.setReturnTo("");
 
+          // Now that the address is verified, its verified bit has to be
+          // updated as well or else the user will be forced to verify the
+          // address again.
+          markAddressVerified(email);
+
           // To avoid too many address_info requests, returns from each
           // address_info request are cached.  If the user is doing
           // a addressVerificationPoll, it means the user was registering the address
@@ -290,7 +294,6 @@ BrowserID.User = (function() {
         pollDuration = config.pollDuration;
       }
       // END TESTING API
-
     },
 
     reset: function() {
diff --git a/resources/static/dialog/js/misc/state.js b/resources/static/dialog/js/misc/state.js
index d4e679fcbdd69199eb8bb3d3747b05335eb7055a..2f87712883cee7008236b049cbb3987a091a2c22 100644
--- a/resources/static/dialog/js/misc/state.js
+++ b/resources/static/dialog/js/misc/state.js
@@ -60,6 +60,25 @@ BrowserID.State = (function() {
       startAction(actionName, actionInfo);
     }
 
+    function handleEmailConfirmed(msg, info) {
+      self.email = self.stagedEmail;
+
+      if (info.mustAuth) {
+        // If the mustAuth flag comes in, the user has to authenticate.
+        // This is not a cancelable authentication.  mustAuth is set
+        // after a user verifies an address but is not authenticated
+        // to the password level.
+        redirectToState("authenticate_specified_email", {
+          email: self.stagedEmail,
+          mustAuth: info.mustAuth,
+          cancelable: !info.mustAuth
+        });
+      }
+      else {
+        redirectToState("email_chosen", { email: self.stagedEmail });
+      }
+    }
+
 
     handleState("start", function(msg, info) {
       self.hostname = info.hostname;
@@ -130,13 +149,14 @@ BrowserID.State = (function() {
       startAction("doAuthenticateWithRequiredEmail", {
         email: info.email,
         secondary_auth: true,
-
+        cancelable: ("cancelable" in info) ? info.cancelable : true,
         // This is a user is already authenticated to the assertion
         // level who has chosen a secondary email address from the
         // pick_email screen. They would have been shown the
         // siteTOSPP there.
         siteTOSPP: false
       });
+      complete(info.complete);
     });
 
     handleState("new_user", function(msg, info) {
@@ -196,15 +216,9 @@ BrowserID.State = (function() {
 
     handleState("user_staged", handleEmailStaged.curry("doConfirmUser"));
 
-    handleState("user_confirmed", function() {
-      self.email = self.stagedEmail;
-      redirectToState("email_chosen", { email: self.stagedEmail} );
-    });
+    handleState("user_confirmed", handleEmailConfirmed);
 
-    handleState("staged_address_confirmed", function() {
-      self.email = self.stagedEmail;
-      redirectToState("email_chosen", { email: self.stagedEmail} );
-    });
+    handleState("staged_address_confirmed", handleEmailConfirmed);
 
     handleState("primary_user", function(msg, info) {
       addPrimaryUser = !!info.add;
@@ -348,8 +362,8 @@ BrowserID.State = (function() {
           }
           else {
             redirectToState("email_valid_and_ready", info);
+            oncomplete();
           }
-          oncomplete();
         }, oncomplete);
       }
     });
@@ -487,9 +501,7 @@ BrowserID.State = (function() {
 
     handleState("email_staged", handleEmailStaged.curry("doConfirmEmail"));
 
-    handleState("email_confirmed", function() {
-      redirectToState("email_chosen", { email: self.stagedEmail } );
-    });
+    handleState("email_confirmed", handleEmailConfirmed);
 
     handleState("cancel_state", function(msg, info) {
       cancelState(info);
diff --git a/resources/static/dialog/js/modules/check_registration.js b/resources/static/dialog/js/modules/check_registration.js
index c6823889f51fbcb548252c32acd0a45bc92cde7b..f782037da457ad4b4a40527bf98d68c71c40dd04 100644
--- a/resources/static/dialog/js/modules/check_registration.js
+++ b/resources/static/dialog/js/modules/check_registration.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ BrowserID.Modules.CheckRegistration = (function() {
         if (status === "complete") {
           // TODO - move the syncEmails somewhere else, perhaps into user.js
           user.syncEmails(function() {
-            self.close(self.verificationMessage);
+            self.close(self.verificationMessage, { mustAuth: false });
             oncomplete && oncomplete();
           });
         }
@@ -49,18 +49,22 @@ BrowserID.Modules.CheckRegistration = (function() {
           // if we have a password (because it was just chosen in dialog),
           // then we can authenticate the user and proceed
           if (self.password) {
+            // XXX Move all of this authentication stuff into user.js.  This
+            // high level shouldn't have to worry about this stuff.
             user.authenticate(self.email, self.password, function (authenticated) {
               if (authenticated) {
                 user.syncEmails(function() {
-                  self.close(self.verificationMessage);
+                  self.close(self.verificationMessage, { mustAuth: false });
                   oncomplete && oncomplete();
                 });
               } else {
-                self.close("authenticate_specified_email", { email: self.email });
+                // unable to log the user in, make them authenticate manually.
+                self.close(self.verificationMessage, { mustAuth: true });
               }
             });
           } else {
-            self.close("authenticate_specified_email", { email: self.email });
+            // no password to log the user in, make them authenticate manually.
+            self.close(self.verificationMessage, { mustAuth: true });
           }
 
           oncomplete && oncomplete();
diff --git a/resources/static/dialog/js/modules/required_email.js b/resources/static/dialog/js/modules/required_email.js
index 09d184e5d4d47baccc32527dd25063a1aeefde5e..e950984c3514bb3fc2a5f9c1ef11f97ca1d4c7e6 100644
--- a/resources/static/dialog/js/modules/required_email.js
+++ b/resources/static/dialog/js/modules/required_email.js
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ BrowserID.Modules.RequiredEmail = (function() {
           showTemplate({
             signin: true,
             password: auth_level !== "password",
-            secondary_auth: secondaryAuth
+            secondary_auth: secondaryAuth,
+            cancelable: options.cancelable
           });
           ready();
         }
@@ -219,7 +220,8 @@ BrowserID.Modules.RequiredEmail = (function() {
           password: false,
           secondary_auth: false,
           primary: false,
-          personaTOSPP: false
+          personaTOSPP: false,
+          cancelable: true
         }, templateData);
 
         self.renderDialog("required_email", templateData);
diff --git a/resources/static/dialog/views/required_email.ejs b/resources/static/dialog/views/required_email.ejs
index 0bb323a27b3e7478b621349e3b0375a6e69226ee..500327fbfee2c46573f4bf473542d07848b2d8b5 100644
--- a/resources/static/dialog/views/required_email.ejs
+++ b/resources/static/dialog/views/required_email.ejs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
               <button id="verify_address" tabindex="3"><%= gettext("verify email") %></button>
             <% } %>
 
-            <% if (secondary_auth) { %>
+            <% if (cancelable && secondary_auth) { %>
               <a href="#" id="cancel" class="action" tabindex="4"><%= gettext("cancel") %></a>
             <% } %>
           </p>
diff --git a/resources/static/test/cases/common/js/user.js b/resources/static/test/cases/common/js/user.js
index d4e63d85f1de282bd88162ff84fe9d710ed663fc..46f7a2376315a1cc18af304fd5f0d8b429cd48b0 100644
--- a/resources/static/test/cases/common/js/user.js
+++ b/resources/static/test/cases/common/js/user.js
@@ -329,6 +329,8 @@
     lib.waitForUserValidation("registered@testuser.com", function(status) {
       equal(status, "mustAuth", "mustAuth response expected");
 
+      testHelpers.testEmailMarkedVerified("registered@testuser.com");
+
       ok(!storage.getReturnTo(), "staged on behalf of is cleared when validation completes");
       start();
     }, testHelpers.unexpectedXHRFailure);
@@ -342,6 +344,8 @@
     lib.waitForUserValidation("registered@testuser.com", function(status) {
       equal(status, "mustAuth", "mustAuth response expected");
 
+      testHelpers.testEmailMarkedVerified("registered@testuser.com");
+
       ok(!storage.getReturnTo(), "staged on behalf of is cleared when validation completes");
       start();
     }, testHelpers.unexpectedXHRFailure);
@@ -852,6 +856,7 @@
     xhr.useResult("complete");
     lib.waitForEmailValidation("registered@testuser.com", function(status) {
       ok(!storage.getReturnTo(), "staged on behalf of is cleared when validation completes");
+      testHelpers.testEmailMarkedVerified("registered@testuser.com");
       equal(status, "mustAuth", "mustAuth response expected");
       start();
     }, testHelpers.unexpectedXHRFailure);
@@ -865,6 +870,7 @@
     xhr.useResult("complete");
     lib.waitForEmailValidation("registered@testuser.com", function(status) {
       ok(!storage.getReturnTo(), "staged on behalf of is cleared when validation completes");
+      testHelpers.testEmailMarkedVerified("registered@testuser.com");
       equal(status, "complete", "complete response expected");
       start();
     }, testHelpers.unexpectedXHRFailure);
@@ -876,6 +882,7 @@
 
     lib.waitForEmailValidation("registered@testuser.com", function(status) {
       ok(!storage.getReturnTo(), "staged on behalf of is cleared when validation completes");
+      testHelpers.testEmailMarkedVerified("registered@testuser.com");
       equal(status, "mustAuth", "mustAuth response expected");
       start();
     }, testHelpers.unexpectedXHRFailure);
diff --git a/resources/static/test/cases/dialog/js/misc/state.js b/resources/static/test/cases/dialog/js/misc/state.js
index eaec7deb5cc6a0dd5583b7448d34a5969fe930f8..8fda485c5018cb0fd0febbd4133a6ffb4f118d91 100644
--- a/resources/static/test/cases/dialog/js/misc/state.js
+++ b/resources/static/test/cases/dialog/js/misc/state.js
@@ -568,6 +568,33 @@
     mediator.publish("window_unload");
   });
 
+  function testAuthenticateSpecifiedEmail(specified, expected) {
+    var options = {
+      email: TEST_EMAIL,
+      complete: function() {
+        testActionStarted("doAuthenticateWithRequiredEmail", {
+          cancelable: expected
+        });
+        start();
+      }
+    };
+
+    if (typeof specified !== "undefined") options.cancelable = specified;
+
+    mediator.publish("authenticate_specified_email", options);
+  }
+
+  asyncTest("authenticate_specified_email with false specified - call doAuthenticateWithRequiredEmail using specified cancelable", function() {
+    testAuthenticateSpecifiedEmail(false, false);
+  });
+
+  asyncTest("authenticate_specified_email with true specified - call doAuthenticateWithRequiredEmail using specified cancelable", function() {
+    testAuthenticateSpecifiedEmail(true, true);
+  });
+
+  asyncTest("authenticate_specified_email without cancelable - call doAuthenticateWithRequiredEmail, cancelable defaults to true", function() {
+    testAuthenticateSpecifiedEmail(undefined, true);
+  });
 
 
 }());
diff --git a/resources/static/test/cases/dialog/js/modules/check_registration.js b/resources/static/test/cases/dialog/js/modules/check_registration.js
index 8a8319d80c9af2c9d700611716d5e146359cf903..e7499d31eb145d214e40743adbb3858c9d820a2b 100644
--- a/resources/static/test/cases/dialog/js/modules/check_registration.js
+++ b/resources/static/test/cases/dialog/js/modules/check_registration.js
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
 
   function testVerifiedUserEvent(event_name, message, password) {
     createController("waitForUserValidation", event_name, false, password);
-    register(event_name, function() {
-      ok(true, message);
+    register(event_name, function(msg, info) {
+      equal(info.mustAuth, false, "user does not need to verify");
       start();
     });
     controller.startCheck();
@@ -54,39 +54,22 @@
   function testMustAuthUserEvent(event_name, message) {
     createController("waitForUserValidation", event_name);
     register(event_name, function(msg, info) {
-      // we want the email, type and known all sent back to the caller so that
-      // this information does not need to be queried again.
-      ok(true, message);
-      equal(info.email, "registered@testuser.com", "correct email");
+      equal(info.mustAuth, true, "user needs to verify");
       start();
     });
     controller.startCheck();
   }
 
-  asyncTest("user validation with mustAuth result - callback with email, type and known set to true", function() {
+  asyncTest("user validation with mustAuth result - userVerified with mustAuth: true", function() {
     xhr.useResult("mustAuth");
-    testMustAuthUserEvent("authenticate_specified_email", "user must authenticate");
+    testMustAuthUserEvent("user_verified");
   });
 
-  asyncTest("user validation with pending->complete with auth_level = assertion, no authentication info given - authenticate_specified_email triggered", function() {
+  asyncTest("user validation with pending->complete with auth_level = assertion, no authentication info given - user_verified with mustAuth triggered", function() {
     user.init({ pollDuration: 100 });
     xhr.useResult("pending");
     xhr.setContextInfo("auth_level", "assertion");
-    testMustAuthUserEvent("authenticate_specified_email", "user must authenticate");
-
-    // use setTimeout to simulate a delay in the user opening the email.
-    setTimeout(function() {
-      xhr.useResult("complete");
-    }, 50);
-  });
-
-
-  asyncTest("user validation with pending->complete with auth_level = assertion, authentication info given - user_verified triggered", function() {
-    user.init({ pollDuration: 100 });
-    xhr.useResult("pending");
-    xhr.setContextInfo("auth_level", "password");
-
-    testVerifiedUserEvent("user_verified", "user verified after authenticating", "password");
+    testMustAuthUserEvent("user_verified");
 
     // use setTimeout to simulate a delay in the user opening the email.
     setTimeout(function() {
@@ -99,7 +82,7 @@
     xhr.useResult("pending");
     xhr.setContextInfo("auth_level", "password");
 
-    testVerifiedUserEvent("user_verified", "User verified");
+    testVerifiedUserEvent("user_verified");
 
     // use setTimeout to simulate a delay in the user opening the email.
     setTimeout(function() {
diff --git a/resources/static/test/testHelpers/helpers.js b/resources/static/test/testHelpers/helpers.js
index 55035dbfb4511d44ed59a3f7ea6689261827a031..3f2acbbab02a6d914c0daff71fb5bb1604f15fd9 100644
--- a/resources/static/test/testHelpers/helpers.js
+++ b/resources/static/test/testHelpers/helpers.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/*jshint browsers: true laxbreak: true, expr: true */
-/*global BrowserID: true, ok: true, equal: true, start: true */
+/*jshint browser: true laxbreak: true, expr: true */
+/*global BrowserID: true, ok: true, equal: true, start: true, deepEqual: true, notEqual: true */
 
 /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
@@ -291,6 +291,12 @@ BrowserID.TestHelpers = (function() {
 
     testRPTosPPNotShown: function(msg) {
       TestHelpers.testNotHasClass("body", "rptospp", msg || "RP TOS/PP not shown");
+    },
+
+    testEmailMarkedVerified: function(email, msg) {
+      var emailInfo = storage.getEmail(email);
+      equal(emailInfo && emailInfo.verified, true,
+        "verified bit set for " + email);
     }
   };