spring-projects / spring-projects/spring-security

SEC-2797: Events of Servlet Api Login method

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cemo koc (Migrated from SEC-2797) said:

There are some possibilities to make a user logged in with Servlet API login method. However Spring Security is not triggering authentication events. Please support events as well with Servlet API javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#login

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Research direction

Start by tracing Spring Security's handling of javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#login and compare it with the existing authentication-event flow. Confirm how Servlet API login currently reaches the security context, then verify that the appropriate authentication events are emitted when the method succeeds.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring
Domain
authentication, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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