Redirect function in Nuxt middleware is making state null - firebase

Question

I have a Nuxt app in which everything works fine in middleware except when I use redirect.
When I comment the redirect('/admin') line it works fine even the state data is present when console logged. As soon as I uncomment the redirect line it makes the state null.
Please help if someone knows this issue. This exact code works in my other projects but not here.
This is my auth.js file in the middleware folder.
export default function ({ store, route, redirect }) {
const user = store.getters['user/user']
const blockRouteAdmin = /\/admin\/*/g
const blockRouteManager = /\/manager\/*/g
const path = ['/signup', '/login']
let value = path.includes(route.path)
if (user) {
if (user.isAdmin) {
if (!route.path.match(blockRouteAdmin)) {
redirect('/admin')
}
}
if (user.isManager) {
if (!route.path.match(blockRouteManager)) {
redirect('/manager')
}
}
if (user.isUser) {
if (
route.path.match(blockRouteAdmin) ||
route.path.match(blockRouteManager) ||
value
) {
console.log('isUser', user.isUser)
redirect('/')
}
}
}
if (!user) {
if (
route.path.match(blockRouteAdmin) ||
route.path.match(blockRouteManager)
) {
redirect('/')
} else {
redirect()
}
}
}
Here is my nuxt.config.js
export default {
// Target: https://go.nuxtjs.dev/config-target
target: 'static',
// Global page headers: https://go.nuxtjs.dev/config-head
head: {
title: 'aitl',
meta: [
{ charset: 'utf-8' },
{ name: 'viewport', content: 'width=device-width, initial-scale=1' },
{ hid: 'description', name: 'description', content: '' },
{ name: 'format-detection', content: 'telephone=no' },
],
link: [{ rel: 'icon', type: 'image/x-icon', href: '/favicon.ico' }],
},
// Global CSS: https://go.nuxtjs.dev/config-css
css: [],
// Plugins to run before rendering page: https://go.nuxtjs.dev/config-plugins
plugins: ['~/plugins/firebaseConfig.js'],
// Auto import components: https://go.nuxtjs.dev/config-components
components: true,
// Modules for dev and build (recommended): https://go.nuxtjs.dev/config-modules
buildModules: [],
// Modules: https://go.nuxtjs.dev/config-modules
modules: [
// https://go.nuxtjs.dev/buefy
'nuxt-buefy',
// https://go.nuxtjs.dev/pwa
'#nuxtjs/pwa',
// https://go.nuxtjs.dev/content
'#nuxt/content',
],
// PWA module configuration: https://go.nuxtjs.dev/pwa
pwa: {
manifest: {
lang: 'en',
},
},
// Content module configuration: https://go.nuxtjs.dev/config-content
content: {},
// Build Configuration: https://go.nuxtjs.dev/config-build
build: {},
}
My index.js inside store.
import { vuexfireMutations } from 'vuexfire'
import { getUserFromCookie } from '../helper/index.js'
export const mutations = {
...vuexfireMutations,
}
export const actions = {
async nuxtServerInit({ dispatch, commit }, { req }) {
try {
const user = getUserFromCookie(req)
if (user) {
await dispatch('user/setUSER', {
email: user.email,
isAdmin: user.admin,
isManager: user.manager,
isUser: user.user,
uid: user.user_id,
name: user.name,
})
}
} catch (err) {
console.log(err)
}
},
}
User.js in store folder
import { auth } from '../plugins/firebaseConfig'
import Cookies from 'js-cookie'
export const state = () => ({
user: null,
})
export const getters = {
user(state) {
return state.user
},
}
export const actions = {
async userlogin({ dispatch }, user) {
try {
const token = await auth.currentUser.getIdToken(true)
const userInfo = {
email: user.email,
isAdmin: user.admin,
isManager: user.manager,
isUser: user.user,
uid: user.uid,
name: user.displayName,
}
Cookies.set('access_token', token)
await dispatch('setUSER', userInfo)
} catch (err) {
console.log(err)
}
},
setUSER({ commit }, user) {
commit('setUSER', user)
},
}
export const mutations = {
setUSER(state, user) {
state.user = user
},
}

Answer 1

The issue was solved by going from target: 'static' to target: 'server', aka mirroring the settings of another working project.