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php symfony session PHP

I'm stuck on something that should probably be simple... After trying multiple solutions online, I still can't figure this out. I'm experiencing an issue with session persistence in my Symfony 5.4 application running on PHP 8.1. After a user logs in, I'm redirecting them to a dashboard, but the session data appears to be lost. When I check the session immediately after the login, the session data is available, but after the redirect, it seems to reset. Here’s a simplified version of what my login controller looks like: ```php // src/Controller/SecurityController.php public function login(Request $request, UserPasswordEncoderInterface $passwordEncoder): Response { $user = // fetching user from database logic; // Check user credentials if ($passwordEncoder->isPasswordValid($user->getPassword(), $request->request->get('password'), null, null)) { $session = $request->getSession(); $session->set('user_id', $user->getId()); return $this->redirectToRoute('dashboard'); } return $this->render('security/login.html.twig', [ 'error' => 'Invalid credentials', ]); } ``` In my dashboard controller, I'm trying to access the session data: ```php // src/Controller/DashboardController.php public function index(Request $request): Response { $session = $request->getSession(); $userId = $session->get('user_id'); if (!$userId) { return $this->redirectToRoute('login'); // Should not redirect here } // Continue with dashboard logic } ``` When I log in successfully, I can see the `user_id` in the session right before the redirect, but after the redirect to the dashboard, it’s `null`. I’ve confirmed that session handling is correctly set up and the session folder is writable. I’ve also tried regenerating the session ID after setting the session variable, but that did not resolve the issue. Additionally, I've set `session.use_strict_mode` to `1`. However, this doesn’t seem to have an effect on this issue. I’m unsure if there’s a configuration setting in Symfony or PHP that I might have overlooked. Any insights on why the session data is not persisting after the redirect would be greatly appreciated, or if there are any best practices for managing session data in Symfony 5.4. This is part of a larger CLI tool I'm building. Thanks in advance! My development environment is Windows. Thanks in advance! For context: I'm using Php on Linux. Any ideas how to fix this? For reference, this is a production web app. Am I missing something obvious?