Advanced Node and Express - Implement the Serialization of a Passport User

JavaScript
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Tell us what’s happening:

The first test is not passing, and there are no errors in the terminal or live page to indicate where the issue might be. I have created a separate .env file with my uri and SESSION_SECRET, both of which seem to be okay as I resolved the errors they were throwing before. I am working from local, and my cloned repo can be found here.

Screenshot of the terminal:

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I also have screenshots of the .env, challenge, and live pages if anyone would find those helpful; the forum won’t let me post more than one photo at a time.

I’m not entirely sure how to proceed from here, as there is absolutely no indication of what the issue might be. I have tried:

  • Re-saving the relevant project files
  • Stopping and restarting the server from the terminal (many times)
  • Refreshing, closing and reopening the challenge page and live page
  • Extensive searching online and through the forums

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!

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Challenge Information:

Advanced Node and Express - Implement the Serialization of a Passport User

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how did you end on port 8080? the server is starting on port 3000

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The sample.env had port 8080 listed and I didn’t want to mess with it, so I kept the same in the .env file. I have tried switching everything to 3000 and still have the same issue.

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Update the title and message in res.render to be the same as in the code posted on the challenge step.

I believe it is only the title you need to update, but do it for both anyway.

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Beautiful, thank you so much!!