fix: Disable payload database session when local strategy is enabled (#49)

Author: CrawlerCode

examples/with-payload-local-strategy/src/collections/users.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ const Users: CollectionConfig = {
      * @see https://payloadcms.com/docs/authentication/api-keys
      */
     useAPIKey: true,
-    useSessions: false, // TODO: Database sessions currently not working
   },
   fields: [],
 };

packages/dev/src/payload/collections/users.ts

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ const Users: CollectionConfig<"users"> = {
       requireEmail: true,
       requireUsername: false,
     },
-    useSessions: false, // TODO: Database sessions currently not working
   },
   defaultPopulate: {
     id: true,

packages/payload-authjs/src/payload/collection/index.ts

@@ -122,7 +122,12 @@ export const generateUsersCollection = (
     ...authOptions,
     strategies: [AuthjsAuthStrategy(collection), ...(authStrategies ?? [])],
     // Disable local strategy if not explicitly enabled
-    ...(pluginOptions.enableLocalStrategy === true ? {} : { disableLocalStrategy: true }),
+    ...(pluginOptions.enableLocalStrategy === true
+      ? {
+          // Database sessions not working with local strategy
+          useSessions: false,
+        }
+      : { disableLocalStrategy: true }),
   };
 
   // Add hooks to users collection

packages/payload-authjs/src/payload/plugin.ts

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ export interface AuthjsPluginConfig {
    * Enable the default local strategy from Payload CMS (experimental)
    * @see https://payloadcms.com/docs/authentication/jwt
    *
+   * ! This does not work with database sessions (auth.useSessions: true)
+   *
    * @default false
    */
   enableLocalStrategy?: boolean;

packages/payload-authjs/src/types/payload.config.ts

@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ export default buildConfig({
   collections: [
     {
       slug: "users-with-local-strategy",
-      auth: {
-        useSessions: false,
-      },
       fields: [],
     },
   ],