Web Dev Cody•5mo ago

I'm getting null for getUserIdentity

Any clue why I keep getting null for getUserIdentity. Do I maybe just have something misconfigured? I'm using the next.js stuff

"use client";

import { ConvexAuthNextjsProvider } from "@convex-dev/auth/nextjs";
import { ReactNode } from "react";
import { ConvexReactClient } from "convex/react";

const convex = new ConvexReactClient(process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_CONVEX_URL!);

export default function ConvexClientProvider({
  children,
}: {
  children: ReactNode;
}) {
  return (
    <ConvexAuthNextjsProvider client={convex}>
      {children}
    </ConvexAuthNextjsProvider>
  );
}

"use client";

import { ConvexAuthNextjsProvider } from "@convex-dev/auth/nextjs";
import { ReactNode } from "react";
import { ConvexReactClient } from "convex/react";

const convex = new ConvexReactClient(process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_CONVEX_URL!);

export default function ConvexClientProvider({
  children,
}: {
  children: ReactNode;
}) {
  return (
    <ConvexAuthNextjsProvider client={convex}>
      {children}
    </ConvexAuthNextjsProvider>
  );
}

then I call an action

  const generateVideoAction = useAction(api.videos.generateVideoAction);

  const generateVideoAction = useAction(api.videos.generateVideoAction);

I'm logged in

export const generateVideoAction = action({
  args: {
    script: v.string(),
  },
  async handler(ctx, input) {
    console.log(await ctx.auth.getUserIdentity());

export const generateVideoAction = action({
  args: {
    script: v.string(),
  },
  async handler(ctx, input) {
    console.log(await ctx.auth.getUserIdentity());

this prints null

11 Replies

Michal Srb•5mo ago

Do you have both the server provider and the middleware setup? You need everything from "App Router with SSA" tab: https://labs.convex.dev/auth/setup#set-up-the-react-provider Or you can switch to using the vanilla react provider (shown in the "App Router without SSA" tab)

Set Up Convex Auth - Convex Auth

Authentication library for your Convex backend

Web Dev CodyOP•5mo ago

yeah I'm pretty sure I followed that correctly

Michal Srb•5mo ago

And how are you ensuring the client is logged in? If you can share a repo with repro I can have a look.

Web Dev CodyOP•5mo ago

what is repro? one sec I'll just make it public

Web Dev CodyOP•5mo ago

@Michal Srb https://github.com/webdevcody/scary-story-generator

GitHub

GitHub - webdevcody/scary-story-generator

Contribute to webdevcody/scary-story-generator development by creating an account on GitHub.

Web Dev CodyOP•5mo ago

yeah I've gone over my code a few times, I can't see where I misconfigured this

Michal Srb•5mo ago

Repro: “reproduce” or “reproduction” of a bug I shouldn’t shorten 🙂

Kibru•5mo ago

same issue here. user is logged in, but getUserIdentity() returns null

Michal Srb•5mo ago

I reproduced the issue, looking @Web Dev Cody @Kibru while I'm fixing this please change your next.config.js to:

/** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */
const nextConfig = {
  reactStrictMode: false,
};

export default nextConfig;

/** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */
const nextConfig = {
  reactStrictMode: false,
};

export default nextConfig;

Kibru•5mo ago

thanks. it works.

Michal Srb•5mo ago

@Web Dev Cody @Kibru please upgrade convex and @convex-dev/auth to latest for the fix

I'm getting null for getUserIdentity

Did you find this page helpful?