From 1bc5466a8ded0ec87e06a9d9da35f49d62fe080b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elitsa <elm@umbraco.dk>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 10:15:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update the HttpContext's user with the authenticated user's
 principal

---
 .../Extensions/HttpContextExtensions.cs                   | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/Extensions/HttpContextExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/Extensions/HttpContextExtensions.cs
index 0f2da0ac4e..0a84f318f6 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/Extensions/HttpContextExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/Extensions/HttpContextExtensions.cs
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ public static class HttpContextExtensions
                 await httpContext.AuthenticateAsync(Constants.Security.BackOfficeExternalAuthenticationType);
         }
 
+        // Update the HttpContext's user with the authenticated user's principal to ensure
+        // that subsequent requests within the same context will recognize the user
+        // as authenticated.
+        if (result.Succeeded)
+        {
+            httpContext.User = result.Principal;
+        }
+
         return result;
     }