Rails devise: user_signed_in? not working

Question

I have this in my view:

<% if user_signed_in? %>
<%= current_user.email %>
<% else %>
<%= link_to "Sign in", new_user_session_path %><br />
<%= link_to "Opret", new_user_session_path %><br />
<% end %>

But when have signed in as a user: I still get the links in view:

<%= link_to "Sign in", new_user_session_path %><br />
<%= link_to "Opret", new_user_session_path %><br />

Why is the helper not working?

Solution 1

Did you use devise's before action in your controller?

before_action :authenticate_user!

Solution 2

Not sure what is behind the user_signed_in? method, either your login is not working correctly or your method is broken.

Maybe try this, if that doesn't work, I would take a look at whats going wrong with the actual login.

<%unless current_user.blank? -%>
signed in
<%else -%>
not signed in
<%end-%>

Solution 3

Make sure that you are using the right model. For example if your model is member then you should use member_sign_in instead of user_sign_in.

Solution 4

This could be a possible explanation.

You might have a pre-existing current_user method which stops Devise's current_user called within user_signed_in? from returning expected values.

Solution 5

If login is working properly, it could be because of some kind of caching going on?

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Comments

[Connor Leech]

what controller should this go in? I used devise and I have 'controllers/users/omniauth_callbacks_controller.rb` and also application_controller.rb

[Anil Muppalla]

It should go in the controller for which the view you are trying to manipulate, you can make do with the if loops in your question.

[cat]

devise_for was missing and hence helpers were not recognized in the application views etc.