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Rails 7.1: Conflict with Devise's current_user and ActiveAdmin session management

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I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here, but I'm not sure how to approach I'm working on a personal project and I tried several approaches but none seem to work. I'm running into an scenario with session management while using Devise alongside ActiveAdmin in my Rails 7.1 application. Specifically, when I log in with Devise and navigate to the ActiveAdmin dashboard, the `current_user` method sometimes returns `nil`, leading to unauthorized access errors. I've ensured that both Devise and ActiveAdmin are properly configured, but the question seems to occur intermittently. Here's how I've set up Devise in my application: ```ruby # config/initializers/devise.rb Devise.setup do |config| config.scoped_views = true config.parent_controller = 'Admin::BaseController' end ``` I've set up my `Admin::BaseController` to ensure that Devise knows how to handle authentication: ```ruby class Admin::BaseController < ApplicationController before_action :authenticate_user! end ``` Despite this configuration, I occasionally see the following behavior when trying to access the dashboard: ``` Completed 401 Unauthorized in 12ms ActiveAdmin::AuthorizationAdapter::UnauthorizedAccess: You are not authorized to access this page. ``` I’ve also checked that the `current_user` method is available in the ActiveAdmin views, but there are times when it is simply not set, leading to confusion. I've tried adding `session.clear` in the `after_sign_out_path` to reset the session after logout, but the scenario continues. Is there a specific way to ensure consistent session handling between Devise and ActiveAdmin in this version? Any insights would be greatly appreciated! This issue appeared after updating to Ruby latest. I'd be grateful for any help. For reference, this is a production web app.