Xano Auth plugin — Private access doesn't redirect unauthenticated users to Login

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Hi WeWeb team,

We’re building a production SaaS using WeWeb, Xano, and the Xano Auth plugin under Settings → Plugins.

Our authentication is working correctly:

  • Login: /auth/login

  • Current user: /auth/me

  • Sessions persist after browser refresh.

  • An app-level workflow runs On app load (before fetching collections), calls Xano Auth → Fetch User, and restores our global currentUser variable.

  • Xano endpoints enforce authentication and user ownership.

The issue:

On our Listing Audit page, we changed Private access → Authenticated users.

When an authenticated user refreshes the page in Preview, everything works.

However, when an unauthenticated visitor opens Listing Audit in Preview, the page does not redirect to Login. It remains on Listing Audit without account data.

Our questions:

  1. Does Private access → Authenticated users automatically redirect unauthenticated visitors, or does it only restrict access?

  2. Where is the unauthorized-user redirect configured in the current Xano Auth plugin interface?

  3. Does this private-access behavior differ between WeWeb Preview and published production?

  4. Does Private access use the Xano Auth plugin’s authenticated state independently of a custom global currentUser variable?

  5. Can an app-level On app load (before fetching collections) workflow restore authentication before private-page access is evaluated?

We want to implement this correctly without replacing our working Xano Auth plugin or disrupting production login and billing.

Could you provide the recommended configuration for the current WeWeb editor?

Thank you!

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Private access only restricts the page. The redirect comes from the Xano Auth plugin itself: in Settings → Plugins → Xano Auth there is a “Define redirections” step where you pick the page unauthenticated users are sent to. WeWeb’s docs say it has to be a public page (your Login), otherwise you get an infinite loop. If that field is empty, a private page just renders without data, which matches what you describe.

Two things from older threads with the same symptom, in case the redirect is set and it still happens:

An older thread (“Authenticated Pages access question”) had it the other way round: redirect worked in Preview but not in the live app. So after setting it, test on the published staging URL as well, with a logged-out browser.

If users later get thrown to Login at random when switching pages, WeWeb staff explained in “Xano Auth: Get kicked on Private page” that the automatic current-user check fails when the Xano free plan rate limit (10 requests per 20 seconds) is hit, and the user is treated as logged out.

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