Fix https://github.com/firefly-iii/firefly-iii/issues/6788

app/Http/Kernel.php

@@ -176,12 +176,14 @@ class Kernel extends HttpKernel
                 CreateFreshApiToken::class,
             ],
 
+            // full API authentication
             'api'  => [
                 EnsureFrontendRequestsAreStateful::class,
                 'auth:api,sanctum',
                 'bindings',
             ],
-            'apiY' => [
+            // do only bindings, no auth
+            'api_basic' => [
                 'bindings',
             ],
         ];

app/Http/Middleware/Authenticate.php

@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Auth\AuthenticationException;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Factory as Auth;
-use Illuminate\Database\QueryException;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Log;
 
 /**
  * Class Authenticate
@@ -87,17 +87,22 @@ class Authenticate
      */
     protected function authenticate($request, array $guards)
     {
-
-        if (empty($guards)) {
-            try {
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Now in %s', __METHOD__));
+        if (0 === count($guards)) {
+            Log::debug('No guards present.');
             // go for default guard:
             /** @noinspection PhpUndefinedMethodInspection */
             if ($this->auth->check()) {
-
+                Log::debug('Default guard says user is authenticated.');
                 // do an extra check on user object.
                 /** @noinspection PhpUndefinedMethodInspection */
                 /** @var User $user */
                 $user = $this->auth->authenticate();
+                if (null === $user) {
+                    Log::warning('User is null, throw exception?');
+                }
+                if (null !== $user) {
+                    Log::debug(get_class($user));
                     if (1 === (int)$user->blocked) {
                         $message = (string)trans('firefly.block_account_logout');
                         if ('email_changed' === $user->blocked_code) {
@@ -110,21 +115,12 @@ class Authenticate
                         throw new AuthenticationException('Blocked account.', $guards);
                     }
                 }
-            } catch (QueryException $e) {
-
-                throw new FireflyException(
-                    sprintf(
-                        'It seems the database has not yet been initialized. Did you run the correct upgrade or installation commands? Error: %s',
-                        $e->getMessage()
-                    ), 0, $e
-                );
-
             }
 
             /** @noinspection PhpUndefinedMethodInspection */
             return $this->auth->authenticate();
         }
-
+        Log::debug('Guard array is not empty.');
 
         foreach ($guards as $guard) {
             if ($this->auth->guard($guard)->check()) {
@@ -134,6 +130,5 @@ class Authenticate
         }
 
         throw new AuthenticationException('Unauthenticated.', $guards);
-
     }
 }

app/Providers/RouteServiceProvider.php

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class RouteServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
                  ->group(base_path('routes/api.php'));
 
             Route::prefix('api/v1/cron')
-                 ->middleware('apiY')
+                 ->middleware('api_basic')
                  ->namespace($this->namespace)
                  ->group(base_path('routes/api-noauth.php'));
 

app/Support/Authentication/RemoteUserGuard.php

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Guard;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\UserProvider;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Foundation\Application;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Log;
 
 /**
@@ -50,26 +51,37 @@ class RemoteUserGuard implements Guard
     // @phpstan-ignore-next-line
     public function __construct(UserProvider $provider, Application $app) // @phpstan-ignore-line
     {
+        /** @var Request $request */
+        $request = $app->get('request');
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Created RemoteUserGuard for "%s"', $request?->getRequestUri()));
         $this->application = $app;
         $this->provider    = $provider;
         $this->user        = null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function viaRemember(): bool {
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Now at %s', __METHOD__));
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /**
      *
      */
     public function authenticate(): void
     {
         Log::debug(sprintf('Now at %s', __METHOD__));
-        if (!is_null($this->user)) {
-            Log::debug('User is found.');
+        if (null !== $this->user) {
+            Log::debug(sprintf('%s is found: #%d, "%s".', get_class($this->user), $this->user->id, $this->user->email));
 
             return;
         }
         // Get the user identifier from $_SERVER or apache filtered headers
         $header = config('auth.guard_header', 'REMOTE_USER');
         $userID = request()->server($header) ?? apache_request_headers()[$header] ?? null;
-
+        $userID = 'james@firefly';
         if (null === $userID) {
             Log::error(sprintf('No user in header "%s".', $header));
             throw new FireflyException('The guard header was unexpectedly empty. See the logs.');
@@ -103,6 +115,8 @@ class RemoteUserGuard implements Guard
      */
     public function guest(): bool
     {
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Now at %s', __METHOD__));
+        $this->authenticate();
         return !$this->check();
     }
 
@@ -111,6 +125,8 @@ class RemoteUserGuard implements Guard
      */
     public function check(): bool
     {
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Now at %s', __METHOD__));
+        $this->authenticate();
         return !is_null($this->user());
     }
 
@@ -119,6 +135,8 @@ class RemoteUserGuard implements Guard
      */
     public function user(): ?User
     {
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Now at %s', __METHOD__));
+        $this->authenticate();
         return $this->user;
     }
 
@@ -127,6 +145,7 @@ class RemoteUserGuard implements Guard
      */
     public function hasUser()
     {
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Now at %s', __METHOD__));
         // TODO: Implement hasUser() method.
     }
 
@@ -135,6 +154,7 @@ class RemoteUserGuard implements Guard
      */
     public function id(): ?User
     {
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Now at %s', __METHOD__));
         return $this->user;
     }
 
@@ -143,6 +163,7 @@ class RemoteUserGuard implements Guard
      */
     public function setUser(Authenticatable $user)
     {
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Now at %s', __METHOD__));
         $this->user = $user;
     }
 
@@ -151,6 +172,7 @@ class RemoteUserGuard implements Guard
      */
     public function validate(array $credentials = [])
     {
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Now at %s', __METHOD__));
         throw new FireflyException('Did not implement RemoteUserGuard::validate()');
     }
 }

config/passport.php

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ return [
     |
     */
 
-    'guard' => 'web',
+    'guard' => envNonEmpty('AUTHENTICATION_GUARD', 'web'),
 
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------