Laravel Nova 4 do not redirecting to login page if session expires or if clearing browsing history

[Pamposgsk]

• Laravel Version:9.0
• Nova Version: 4.7.0
• PHP Version: 8.0

Hi,
In laravel Nova 4 when the session expires or when clearing history the application do not redirecting to login page which is a real problem.
Kindly confirm the bug and let me know if this can be fixed
Thanks

[crynobone]

We already have dusk tests covering the use case: https://github.com/laravel/nova-dusk-suite/blob/cdeec6d57f22b308cbd07568d6853598be404f4e/tests/Browser/AuthenticatesUserTest.php#L69-L107

Will need full detail on how to reproduce the issue before we can consider this as a bug.

[crynobone]

Also, use the correct Bug Report template when submitting a bug report: https://github.com/laravel/nova-issues/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&template=1_Bug_report.md

[Pamposgsk]

Actually you can reproduce that by following the steps below:
1)After login Navigate to a custom tool of a laravel nova 4 project.
2)Clear history and website data
3)Refresh the page

you will get 404 error
In that case laravel nova 3 was redirecting to login page

[crynobone]

CleanShot.2022-05-30.at.19.34.54.mp4

Unable to reproduce, the page will automatically redirect to login on the next notification polling interval or clicking on any page.

[Pamposgsk]

Let me tell you another way to reproduce it:

Lets say you have a resource named customers and a nova tool named Charts

1)Open google chrome and add the following url in the address bar : 127.0.0.1:8000/nova/resources/customers
It will automatically redirect you to : 127.0.0.1:8000/nova/login
2) Open google chrome and add the following url in the address bar : 127.0.0.1:8000/nova/charts
You will get 404 error "page not found"

So in step 1 the redirection works as expected but when you try to navigate to a tool address the redirection not working

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Solution

You can add Laravel\Nova\Http\Middleware\Authenticate middleware to Tool's inertia routes to redirect guest user to login page instead of showing 404 error page.

[crynobone]

You can add Laravel\Nova\Http\Middleware\Authenticate middleware to Tool's inertia routes to redirect guest user to login page instead of showing 404 error page.

[Pamposgsk]

Fixed!!!
Thanks a lot