As noted in the Django 2.1 release notes [1]:
The authenticate() method of authentication backends requires request
as the first positional argument.
This can be seen here [2]. Simple enough, though it took me ages to
figure this out because Django gave me *zero* warning that a backend
because of this change. Heck, raising the TypeError would have helped :(
[1] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/releases/2.1/#features-removed-in-2-1
[2] https://github.com/django/django/commit/5e31be1b96f
Change-Id: I0dd37d33c8e42a70c00a9f1460c1cec86c5b6006
Signed-off-by: Stephen Finucane <stephenfin@redhat.com>
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