diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5adea5a35..98c7b85c5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ### Fixes
 
 - [#1231](https://github.com/okta/okta-auth-js/pull/1231) IDX: exposes field level error messages
+- [#1234](https://github.com/okta/okta-auth-js/pull/1234) IDX: passes unknown selected option to backend for validation when use GenericRemediator (beta)
 
 ## 6.6.1
 
diff --git a/lib/idx/remediators/GenericRemediator/util.ts b/lib/idx/remediators/GenericRemediator/util.ts
index 4508529cc..6ae487194 100644
--- a/lib/idx/remediators/GenericRemediator/util.ts
+++ b/lib/idx/remediators/GenericRemediator/util.ts
@@ -54,12 +54,17 @@ export function hasValidInputValue(input, values) {
     // handle options field
     // 1. object type options - check if each object field is required and value can be found from the selectedOption
     // 2. primitive options - required field is avaiable from top level
+    // 3. unknown format - pass to backend for validation
     if (options) {
       // object type options
       if (type === 'object') {
         const selectedOption = values[name];
-        if (!selectedOption?.id) {
-         return false;
+        if (!selectedOption) {
+          return false;
+        }
+        if (!selectedOption.id) {
+          // unknown option format, pass to backend for validation
+          return true;
         }
         const optionSchema = options.find((option) => {
           const idSchema = option.value.find(({ name }) => name === 'id' );
diff --git a/test/spec/idx/remediators/util/hasValidInputValue.ts b/test/spec/idx/remediators/util/hasValidInputValue.ts
index d36afac9d..f90d24151 100644
--- a/test/spec/idx/remediators/util/hasValidInputValue.ts
+++ b/test/spec/idx/remediators/util/hasValidInputValue.ts
@@ -392,6 +392,15 @@ describe('hasValidInputValue - validate each input with inputValues', () => {
         });
       });
 
+      it('returns true when selected option is in unknown format', () => {
+        const values = {
+          authenticator: {
+            noId: 'fake'
+          }
+        };
+        const res = hasValidInputValue(input, values);
+        expect(res).toBe(true);
+      });
 
       it('returns true when selected option has all required values', () => {
         // email option - only id is required