# Authentication component failure

**URL:** <https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/authentication-component-failure/8955>\
**Category:** Need Help\
**Created:** [February 4, 2021, 7:21am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/authentication-component-failure/8955 "2021-02-04T07:21:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![calzone](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.cakephp.org/calzone/32/305_2.png) [@calzone](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/calzone)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 7:21am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/authentication-component-failure/8955/1 "2021-02-04T07:21:39Z")

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Might there be a common answer as to why Authentication fails with:

```
object(Authentication\Authenticator\Result) {
[protected] _status => 'FAILURE_IDENTITY_NOT_FOUND' 
[protected] _data => null 
[protected] _errors =>
 ['Password' => [] ]
 }

```

I followed everything in the Quick Start to the letter. I’ve gone back and checked several times. I allowed my Users `login`, `add`, and `edit` actions to skip authentication so I could edit my test user. I see the users in the database and see when they are changed. I verified the passwords are being hashed.

But Authentication is a black box. The login action I copied from quick start has no seams I can pry apart to try to figure out how, when, or why my login credentials are failing (or don’t know if they are even being considered).

I also made the password super simple to avoid typos. Yet, here I am… stuck and I see no way to debug this.

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**Author:** ![calzone](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.cakephp.org/calzone/32/305_2.png) [@calzone](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/calzone)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 7:38am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/authentication-component-failure/8955/2 "2021-02-04T07:38:40Z")

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It may be relevant to note I’m on 3.9 and installed Auth ^1.0

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**Author:** ![calzone](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.cakephp.org/calzone/32/305_2.png) [@calzone](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/calzone)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/authentication-component-failure/8955/3 "2021-02-05T20:11:20Z")

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I’m considering trying to see if Auth 2.0 can work with CakePHP 3.9… but I’m afraid it will just create a huge mess in my code otoh.

If anyone has done this, let me know. Otherwise, pointers on debugging Auth 1.0 are requested.