FAILURE_IDENTITY_NOT_FOUND

Hello all,

Been to the support Slack and @LordSimal had a look at this issue, but I thought I might put it out there just in case anyone else has come across this.

First, the error message: FAILURE_IDENTITY_NOT_FOUND, I got this by adding debug($result) to the login method under UsersController.

public function login()
    {
        debug($_REQUEST);
        $result = $this->Authentication->getResult();
        debug($result);
        // If the user is logged in send them away.
        if ($result->isValid()) {
            $target = $this->Authentication->getLoginRedirect() ?? '/home';
            return $this->redirect($target);
        }
        if ($this->request->is('post')) {
            $this->Flash->error('Invalid username or password');
        }
    }

The entire message looks like this:

APP/Controller\UsersController.php (line 28)
object(Authentication\Authenticator\Result) id:0 {
protected _status => 'FAILURE_IDENTITY_NOT_FOUND'
protected _data => null
protected _errors => [
'Password' => [ ],
]
}

This is how my getAuthenticationService() from Application.php method looks like:

public function getAuthenticationService(ServerRequestInterface $request): AuthenticationServiceInterface
    {
        $service = new AuthenticationService();

        // Define where users should be redirected to when they are not authenticated
        $service->setConfig([
            'unauthenticatedRedirect' => Router::url([
                    'prefix' => false,
                    'plugin' => null,
                    'controller' => 'Users',
                    'action' => 'login',
            ]),
            'queryParam' => 'redirect',
        ]);

        $fields = [
            IdentifierInterface::CREDENTIAL_USERNAME => 'username',
            IdentifierInterface::CREDENTIAL_PASSWORD => 'password'
        ];
        // Load the authenticators. Session should be first.
        $service->loadAuthenticator('Authentication.Session');
        $service->loadAuthenticator('Authentication.Form', [
            'fields' => $fields,
            'loginUrl' => Router::url([
                'prefix' => false,
                'plugin' => null,
                'controller' => 'Users',
                'action' => 'login',
            ]),
        ]);

        // Load identifiers
        $service->loadIdentifier('Authentication.Password', compact('fields'));

        return $service;
    }

What my login.php looks like:

<?php
/**
 * @var \App\View\AppView $this
 * @var \App\Model\Entity\User $user
 * @var \Cake\Collection\CollectionInterface|string[] $accounts
 * @var \Cake\Collection\CollectionInterface|string[] $userGroups
 */
?>
<div class="row">
    <aside class="column">
        <div class="side-nav">
            <h4 class="heading"><?= __('Actions') ?></h4>
            <?= $this->Html->link(__('List Users'), ['action' => 'index'], ['class' => 'side-nav-item']) ?>
        </div>
    </aside>
    <div class="users form content">
        <?= $this->Form->create() ?>
        <fieldset>
            <legend><?= __('Please enter your email and password') ?></legend>
            <?= $this->Form->control('username') ?>
            <?= $this->Form->control('password') ?>
        </fieldset>
        <?= $this->Form->button(__('Login')); ?>
        <?= $this->Form->end() ?>
    </div>
</div>

I've implemented hashing on User.php:

// Hashing method
    protected function _setPassword(string $password) : ?string
    {
        if (strlen($password) > 0) {
            return (new DefaultPasswordHasher())->hash($password);
        }
    }

Can confirm that the account exists on the db:

Beyond the above details, I am happy to provide any required information, but I hit a hard wall with this one, any help would be appreciated.

Thank you in advance!

cakephp / authentication

FAILURE_IDENTITY_NOT_FOUND #567