Action Illuminate\Broadcasting\BroadcastController@authenticate not defined

[aimensasi]

Bug Description

Integrating Statamic into an existing Laravel project.

Setting up locally (Mac OS), everything works as expected. However, during installation of composer packages on a staging server running (CentOS 7), I start receiving this issue and was not able to complete the setup.

Action Illuminate\Broadcasting\BroadcastController@authenticate not defined

Not sure what statamic has to do with broadcasting. However, After changing the following code inside Statamic\Providers\BroadcastServiceProvider, everything started working as expected.

   public function boot() {
        $this->app->booted(function () {
            $variables = $this->enabled() ? $this->variables() : ['enabled' => false];
            Statamic::provideToScript(['broadcasting' => $variables]);
        });
    }

Changes to

   public function boot() {
        $this->app->booted(function () {
            $variables = ['enabled' => false];
            Statamic::provideToScript(['broadcasting' => $variables]);
        });
    }

How to Reproduce

Extra Detail

[2020-12-16 11:30:44] local.ERROR: Action Illuminate\Broadcasting\BroadcastController@authenticate not defined. {"exception":"[object] (InvalidArgumentException(code: 0): Action Illuminate\\Broadcasting\\BroadcastController@authenticate not defined. at /var/www/myemcq.tth.asia/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/UrlGenerator.php:468)
[stacktrace]
#0 /var/www/myemcq.tth.asia/vendor/statamic/cms/src/Providers/BroadcastServiceProvider.php(42): Illuminate\\Routing\\UrlGenerator->action('Illuminate\\\\Broa...')
#1 /var/www/myemcq.tth.asia/vendor/statamic/cms/src/Providers/BroadcastServiceProvider.php(23): Statamic\\Providers\\BroadcastServiceProvider->authEndpoint()
#2 /var/www/myemcq.tth.asia/vendor/statamic/cms/src/Providers/BroadcastServiceProvider.php(14): Statamic\\Providers\\BroadcastServiceProvider->variables()
#3 /var/www/myemcq.tth.asia/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php(910): Statamic\\Providers\\BroadcastServiceProvider->Statamic\\Providers\\{closure}(Object(Illuminate\\Foundation\\Application))
#4 /var/www/myemcq.tth.asia/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php(855): Illuminate\\Foundation\\Application->fireAppCallbacks(Array)
#5 /var/www/myemcq.tth.asia/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bootstrap/BootProviders.php(17): Illuminate\\Foundation\\Application->boot()
#6 /var/www/myemcq.tth.asia/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php(230): Illuminate\\Foundation\\Bootstrap\\BootProviders->bootstrap(Object(Illuminate\\Foundation\\Application))
#7 /var/www/myemcq.tth.asia/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Kernel.php(152): Illuminate\\Foundation\\Application->bootstrapWith(Array)
#8 /var/www/myemcq.tth.asia/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Kernel.php(136): Illuminate\\Foundation\\Http\\Kernel->bootstrap()
#9 /var/www/myemcq.tth.asia/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Kernel.php(110): Illuminate\\Foundation\\Http\\Kernel->sendRequestThroughRouter(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#10 /var/www/myemcq.tth.asia/public/index.php(60): Illuminate\\Foundation\\Http\\Kernel->handle(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#11 {main}
"}

Environment

Statamic 3.0.33 Pro
Laravel 8.16.1
PHP 7.4.13

Install method (choose one):

• Existing Laravel app

[jasonvarga]

Does vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Broadcasting/BroadcastController.php exist on the server? Does it have an authenticate method?

[aimensasi]

Sorry for the late replay, did not see your response.

Yes the controller exists and has an authenticate method.

<?php

namespace Illuminate\Broadcasting;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Routing\Controller;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Broadcast;

class BroadcastController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Authenticate the request for channel access.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function authenticate(Request $request)
    {
        if ($request->hasSession()) {
            $request->session()->reflash();
        }

        return Broadcast::auth($request);
    }
}

[duncanmcclean]

In the providers array in config/app.php, is the Illuminate BroadcastServiceProvider in there?

[aimensasi]

yes it is and FYI, I am using the broadcast service in the project with websockets

[aimensasi]

This is what I have inside the broadcast service

<?php

namespace App\Providers;

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Broadcast;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class BroadcastServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider {
	/**
	 * Bootstrap any application services.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function boot() {
		Broadcast::routes();

		require base_path('routes/channels.php');
	}
}

[duncanmcclean]

Okay! I'm not entirely sure what's causing the issue that you're running into. I would have presumed Statamic would just work out of the box with the broadcasting stuff.

Just one more thing: if you temporarily comment out your BroadcastServiceProvider in your app.php and just leave the Illuminate one in place, does it start to work, or is it just the same thing?

I'm basing that on the fact that the config/app.php file provided in the default statamic/statamic starter kit has the Illuminate one uncommented and the custom one commented out. See here.

It might be a good idea to wait for the Statamic Team to come back online after the new year to look into the issue. I'm stuck sadly, I don't know much about broadcasting and my Googling didn't really help at all 😂

[aimensasi]

I actually have tried that, but it did not help. Thanks for your help. I hope to see a response from them soon.

[jasonvarga]

Just to confirm, when I asked if the class existed, you're definitely checking on the server and not just in your local repository?

[jasonvarga]

Oh I think it's some combination of the cached bootstrap files.

What commands do you run as part of your deployment script?

Deleting the files inside bootstrap/cache (except for .gitignore) on production should bring it back to life.

[aimensasi]

May be it is because of the cache, because after upgrading to the latest version to get the fix for this. The issue started appearing on local too during running the caching command.

the command is php artisan optimize

[podcasthosting]

We have the same problem. We also use Websockets. The problem also only arises after running php artisan optimize or just php artisan route:cache. Emptying the bootstrap/cache directory or just deleting bootstrap/cache/routes-v7.php helps temporarily.

[AlexanderFalkenberg]

I have the same issue on production, when using php artisan route:cache.

[jasonvarga]

Fixed for 3.1