[454] Middleware Ajax Request doesn't send up cookies?

Hello everyone! I'm absolutely loving using nuxtjs for my vue app. It's been awesome so far. Thanks for the hard work!

I seem to have run into a bug or maybe I'm misunderstanding how the middlewares should work. The documentation indicates that I can return a promise in a middleware.

Here's what my middleware looks like. I'm using secure cookies in my app which are not accessible via JavaScript, so, the only way to check if a user is authenticated is by hitting the server. This midleware will check the authentication using my vuex method getSignedInUser.

// Middleware
export default function({ store, redirect }) {
    // If the user is not authenticated
    console.log('is authenticated?');
    if (!store.getters.isAuthenticated) {
        if (!store.getters.hasCheckedForAuthentication) {
            return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
                store
                    .dispatch('getSignedInUser')
                    .then(() => resolve())
                    .catch(() => redirect('/admin/login'));
            });
        } else
            return redirect('/admin/login');
    }
}

(yeah, I know I probably don't have to wrap my promise in another promise–was trying to debug)

The ajax request is super simple. I use axios with withCredentials: true.

// Get Signed in User
function getSignedInUser() {
    console.log('Send up ajax request');
    return axios.get('/api/v1/admin/user');
}

In the end, there's no ajax request in Chrome:

However, I know it's hitting the server, because the logs are coming through.

When I run the exact same vuex action from a vue method, it works.

isSignedIn() {
    this.$store.dispatch('getSignedInUser');
 }

So am I missing something? How can I get nuxt.js to send up the actual ajax request with the cookie during the middleware? Or should I change my strategy for authentication? I'd like to continue to use secure cookies (to protect against possible XSS attacks).

Thanks!

UPDATE: I just noticed that this issue ONLY occurs when I directly load the page with the middleware. For example, I run this middleware on the /admin page. If I directly go to localhost:3000/admin, the issue I spoke of above occurs. However, if I add a nuxt-link to my home page, linking to the /admin page and go to the page by clicking on the link, this issue doesn't occur.