Passport.js redirects to |successRedirect: '/profile'| but req.isAuthenticated() returns false

Question

The following code is a section of an app developed by Node.js + Express + Passport.js. A valid user gets redirected to /profile url (successRedirect), however the

Answer 1

On each route where authentication is needed you should apply passport.authenticate middleware i.e :

app.get('/profile', passport.authenticate('local'), (req, res) => {
  console.log(req.user);
  console.log(req.isAuthenticated());
}

see Passport documentation