Laravel 9: solution with Route Caching and Middleware Not Being Recognized
I'm working on a project and hit a roadblock. Hey everyone, I'm running into an issue that's driving me crazy. I've searched everywhere and can't find a clear answer. I've been banging my head against this for hours. I've searched everywhere and can't find a clear answer. I am experiencing an scenario with route caching in Laravel 9 where certain middleware are not being applied as expected. After running `php artisan route:cache`, I noticed that the middleware for some routes seems to be ignored, leading to unexpected behavior such as unauthorized access to protected resources. I have defined my routes in `routes/web.php` and included middleware like this: ```php Route::middleware(['auth'])->group(function () { Route::get('/dashboard', [DashboardController::class, 'index']); Route::get('/profile', [ProfileController::class, 'show']); }); ``` When I check the `php artisan route:list`, the routes are listed correctly with the middleware applied. However, when I attempt to access `/dashboard` or `/profile`, I am able to access them without being authenticated, which should not be the case. I have tried clearing the cache using `php artisan route:clear` and re-adding the middleware, but the question continues. Furthermore, I am using `Laravel Sanctum` for API authentication, and I have confirmed that the middleware is functioning correctly when route caching is not enabled. Could the caching process be affecting how the middleware is registered or executed? Any insights on how to resolve this would be greatly appreciated! My development environment is Ubuntu. Has anyone else encountered this? Any help would be greatly appreciated! For reference, this is a production application. Thanks in advance! I'm on Ubuntu 22.04 using the latest version of Php.