Set Thread.CurrentPrincipal Asynchronously?

Question

Using ASP.NET WebAPI, during authentication, Thread.CurrentPrincipal is set so that controllers can later use the ApiController.User property.

Answer 1

You have to set HttpContext.Current.User as well. See this answer and this blog post for more info.

Update: Also ensure you are running on .NET 4.5 and have UserTaskFriendlySynchronizationContext set to true.