Laravel 5.7 - Spark API authentication session issues

Question

Just going to preface this question by saying that I'm diving back into Laravel after a while of not using it, it appears there are a lot of changes, and the current project in question is using A LOT of the baked in "Laravel Ecosystem"... so I could be missing some context here.

The issue : After upgrading from Laravel 5.6 to 5.7, auth-guarded API routes are busting because of session expiry, even immediately after logging in (prompting logout).

The configuration :

/config/auth.php

'guards' => ['api' => ['driver' => 'spark']]

/routes/api.php

Route::group([
    'middleware' => 'auth:api'
], function () {
    // Routes in here are busting
}

/app/Providers/SparkServiceProvider.php

protected $usesApi = true; // yup

Additional info :

The site uses the Socialite plugin for managing user authentication
There are indeed spark_token's in the request
Vue client making the calls, getting status 401 Unauthorized on the next page load after successfully authenticating via login form
It was working perfectly fine before upgrading from Laravel 5.6 to 5.7

Any ideas? I've poured through the Laravel 5.7 release notes / upgrade guide, not finding any relevant info.

From the outset the application is telling me the session has expired, most likely a default reaction to unauthorized calls. — coleman-benjamin
@Meowts, perhaps the route being accessed is not within the "scope" of the token being issued? — TJ Weems
@TJWeems I wasn't aware of token scopes, apparently that's a thing, but I can't find any definitions to do with that. What throws me off is that it's not using Passport, and there's a lot of boilerplate to sift through. Might need a sledgehammer. — coleman-benjamin

LeigerGaming LeigerGaming · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-07T13:25:52

Found a solution that worked for me:

Add to app/Http/Middleware/EncryptCookies.php

    /**
     * Indicates if cookies should be serialized.
     * @var bool
     */
    protected static $serialize = false;

Then clear cookies from your browser, and retry logging in.

Laravel 5.7 - Spark API authentication session issues

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