Request from API doesn't update User#last_seen_at

david · February 6, 2019, 8:13pm

This is expected, “last seen” should not be updated on API requests.

lib/auth/default_current_user_provider.rb

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                rotated_at < UserAuthToken::URGENT_ROTATE_TIME.ago
              end
            )
          
          if needs_rotation
            if @user_token.rotate!(
                 user_agent: @env["HTTP_USER_AGENT"],
                 client_ip: @request.ip,
                 path: @env["REQUEST_PATH"],
               )
              set_auth_cookie!(@user_token.unhashed_auth_token, user, cookie_jar)

There was a bug for a few months which caused last_seen to be updated erroneously for API requests.

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Request from API doesn't update User#last_seen_at

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