I'm encountering an issue where, after

I'm encountering an issue where, after logging in with Google, the
currentUser query (which relies on getAuthUserId) consistently returns null on the first dashboard load. I've verified the login is successful. However, a page reload resolves the issue. Could this be a bug related to the initial authentication state?

// dashboard
 const user = await context.queryClient.fetchQuery({
   ...convexQuery(api.users.currentUser, {}),
   staleTime: 0,
   gcTime: 0,
  })
  console.log("auth route", user)
  if (!user) {
   throw redirect({ to: "/sign-in" });
  }

// convex/users.ts
import { getAuthUserId } from "@convex-dev/auth/server";
import { query } from "./_generated/server";

export const currentUser = query({
  args: {},
  handler: async (ctx) => {
    const userId = await getAuthUserId(ctx);
    if (userId === null) {
      return null;
    }
    return await ctx.db.get(userId);
  },
});

// dashboard
 const user = await context.queryClient.fetchQuery({
   ...convexQuery(api.users.currentUser, {}),
   staleTime: 0,
   gcTime: 0,
  })
  console.log("auth route", user)
  if (!user) {
   throw redirect({ to: "/sign-in" });
  }

// convex/users.ts
import { getAuthUserId } from "@convex-dev/auth/server";
import { query } from "./_generated/server";

export const currentUser = query({
  args: {},
  handler: async (ctx) => {
    const userId = await getAuthUserId(ctx);
    if (userId === null) {
      return null;
    }
    return await ctx.db.get(userId);
  },
});

erquhart•3/14/25, 1:47 PM

Have you tried the bit I shared in the link above (https://github.com/erquhart/convex-saas/blob/6bb6c561d1430f7b5c2c393b23c4000a6229faec/src/routes/_app.tsx)

erquhart•3/14/25, 1:48 PM

Using to get an initial response before loading the page

DavisOP•3/14/25, 1:54 PM

Same. ensureQueryData or fetchQuery doesn't fix my issue.

DavisOP•3/14/25, 1:55 PM

I mean the first time the user data always will get null. After that i reload the browser then get the user data

erquhart•3/14/25, 2:01 PM

I would consider this the canonical TanStack Start / Convex implementation (has auth too, albeit via Clerk): https://github.com/get-convex/templates/tree/main/template-tanstack-start-clerk

erquhart•3/14/25, 2:01 PM

looking to see how auth is handled there

erquhart•3/14/25, 2:02 PM

gah, it uses dummy data, no authorization

erquhart•3/14/25, 2:03 PM

But it does have an _authed parent directory

erquhart•3/14/25, 2:05 PM

A few approaches here: https://github.com/get-convex/templates/blob/7b74f039b3358eb25b296461814a7f179b4bfe87/template-tanstack-start-clerk/app/routes/convexposts.tsx#L25-L30

erquhart•3/14/25, 2:07 PM

It looks like even the server rendered bit is just rendering undefined until auth loads, this may be the approach to take for now - make your pages expect a potentially undefined auth

DavisOP•3/15/25, 12:33 AM

ok let me take a look and thank you for your response