Django 4.1: implementing Custom User Model Authentication Leading to 403 Forbidden Errors
I'm wondering if anyone has experience with After trying multiple solutions online, I still can't figure this out. This might be a silly question, but I'm working on a project and hit a roadblock. I'm currently implementing a custom user model in Django 4.1 for my project, and I'm running into a frustrating scenario with authentication. After following the documentation, I created my custom user model as follows: ```python from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser from django.db import models class CustomUser(AbstractUser): bio = models.TextField(blank=True) ``` I've set this model in my `settings.py` using: ```python AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'myapp.CustomUser' ``` However, when I attempt to log in via my frontend, I receive a 403 Forbidden behavior when trying to access a view that requires authentication. Here's the relevant view code: ```python from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required from django.shortcuts import render @login_required def profile_view(request): return render(request, 'profile.html') ``` In my `urls.py`, the profile view is mapped correctly: ```python from django.urls import path from .views import profile_view urlpatterns = [ path('profile/', profile_view, name='profile_view'), ] ``` I've checked that the user is indeed being created in the database and that I'm using the correct credentials for login. In the browser console, I see the following behavior message: ``` HTTP 403 Forbidden ``` I've also tried checking the middleware configurations, and everything seems to be in order. Disabling the `login_required` decorator temporarily allows access, but I need the authentication to be enforced. I'm unsure if this is a question with the custom user model or the way I'm handling authentication in my views. Can anyone point out what might be going wrong here or suggest how to troubleshoot this scenario? Any help would be greatly appreciated! My development environment is Windows. Has anyone else encountered this? How would you solve this? I'm working in a Debian environment. Thanks, I really appreciate it!