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Monday, April 29, 2024

What are common reasons for encountering a 401 error in Spring Security?

 A 401 Unauthorized error in Spring Security can occur due to several reasons:

1. **Invalid Credentials**: The most common reason is that the provided username and password are incorrect. Spring Security will throw a `BadCredentialsException` in this case.

2. **Missing Credentials**: If the request requires authentication and no credentials are provided, Spring Security will return a 401 error.

3. **Expired Session**: If the user's session has expired, subsequent requests may return a 401 error.

4. **Invalid Token**: If your application uses token-based authentication (like JWT) and the token is invalid or expired, a 401 error will be returned.

5. **User Disabled or Locked**: If the user account is disabled or locked due to some reason (like too many failed login attempts), a 401 error may be returned.

6. **Insufficient Authentication**: The user might be authenticated but does not have the required level of authentication for the requested resource.

Remember, a 401 error means unauthorized, so the issue is always related to the authentication process.

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