artisan keeps crashing

[MahmoudGEA2005]

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Laravel artisan server runs successfully with php artisan serve --port=8001 and if I make any request to any of the endpoints in api.php with postman it works, but when I make any request with my React front end, artisan stops in silence without leaving any log, this problem started when I moved to authentication with Sanctum Tokens, and I realized that

the problem happens after changing these files to sacntum.php

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explode(',', env('SANCTUM_STATEFUL_DOMAINS', sprintf( '%s%s', 'localhost,localhost:3000,localhost:5175,127.0.0.1,127.0.0.1:8000,127.0.0.1:5175,::1', Sanctum::currentApplicationUrlWithPort(), ))), // 'guard' => ['web', 'admin', 'student'], // Keep all guards 'guard' => ['web'], // Keep all guards 'expiration' => 60 * 24 * 7, // Set token expiration to 7 days (in minutes) 'token_prefix' => env('SANCTUM_TOKEN_PREFIX', ''), 'middleware' => [ 'authenticate_session' => Laravel\Sanctum\Http\Middleware\AuthenticateSession::class, 'encrypt_cookies' => Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class, 'validate_csrf_token' => Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\ValidateCsrfToken::class, ], ]; bootstrap/app.php ` ` withRouting( web: __DIR__.'/../routes/web.php', api: __DIR__.'/../routes/api.php', commands: __DIR__.'/../routes/console.php', health: '/up', ) ->withMiddleware(function (Middleware $middleware) { // Prepend Sanctum middleware to the 'api' group $middleware->api(prepend: [ EnsureFrontendRequestsAreStateful::class, ]); // Add session and cookie middleware for stateful API $middleware->group('api', [ \Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession::class, \Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class, \Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\AddQueuedCookiesToResponse::class, ]); }) ->withExceptions(function (Exceptions $exceptions) { // })->create(); ` auth.php ` ` [ 'guard' => env('AUTH_GUARD', 'web'), 'passwords' => env('AUTH_PASSWORD_BROKER', 'users'), ], 'guards' => [ 'web' => [ 'driver' => 'session', 'provider' => 'users', ], 'admin' => [ 'driver' => 'sanctum', // Changed from 'session' to 'sanctum' 'provider' => 'admin_users', ], 'student' => [ 'driver' => 'sanctum', // Changed from 'session' to 'sanctum' 'provider' => 'student_users', ] ], 'providers' => [ 'users' => [ 'driver' => 'eloquent', 'model' => env('AUTH_MODEL', App\Models\User::class), ], 'admin_users' => [ 'driver' => 'eloquent', 'model' => App\Models\AdminUser::class, ], 'student_users' => [ 'driver' => 'eloquent', 'model' => App\Models\StudentUser::class, ], ], 'passwords' => [ 'users' => [ 'provider' => 'users', 'table' => env('AUTH_PASSWORD_RESET_TOKEN_TABLE', 'password_reset_tokens'), 'expire' => 60, 'throttle' => 60, ], ], 'password_timeout' => env('AUTH_PASSWORD_TIMEOUT', 10800), ]; ` I've been stuck with this Authentication for more than 2 days, any ideas

[mecodeatlas]

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[MahmoudGEA2005]

Thanks,

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[shriyansh-mishra]

Hi MahmoudGEA2005,

Why Artisan Stops After Switching to Sanctum

• Postman works because it sends plain API requests (no cookies).
• React triggers Sanctum’s stateful middleware (cookies, session, CSRF) → a misconfig causes PHP to crash silently.

Possible cause for stopping can be (according to me)

• Malformed SANCTUM_STATEFUL_DOMAINS value in .env.
• Adding ValidateCsrfToken to the API middleware (not needed).
• Session driver misconfigured or storage not writable.
• Guards changed incorrectly.

May this can fix your problem

• In .env:

  SANCTUM_STATEFUL_DOMAINS=localhost,localhost:3000,127.0.0.1
  SESSION_DRIVER=file
  SESSION_DOMAIN=localhost
  

• Remove ValidateCsrfToken from sanctum.php API middleware.
• Don’t prepend extra session/cookie middlewares manually in bootstrap/app.php.
• Or, Check storage/logs/laravel.log for real errors.

for sending credentials through react

axios.get('/api/user', { withCredentials: true })

May this work for you!