#12276·invoiceninja

"You are not authorized to perform this action" after login

Author: w4tchoutCreated Sep 13, 2026Updated Sep 17, 2026
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Invoice Ninja version

5.13.4

Environment

Shared hosting

Interface

Both

Can you reproduce the issue on one of our demo sites?

Not applicable

Pre-flight checks

  • I have reviewed the troubleshooting documentation.
  • I have searched existing issues for duplicates.

Have you reported this issue on Slack or the forum?

No

Have you inspected the application logs?

Unable to inspect the logs

Describe the bug

From at least v5.13.37 upwards I get a "You are not authorized to perform this action" straight after logging in. Consequently the gets logged out after that, even before I can click on anything. This happens in the browser, the Android app and the Windows app.

I tried changing some of the settings in my .env-file (like changing from redis to file for session & cache driver), but nothing worked. After downgrading to v5.13.36, the problem disappeared, which leads me to believe something has changed in one of the last versions.

I couldn't find any logs in the /storage/logs/ directory unfortunately

Steps to reproduce

Enter login details and press "login"

Expected behavior

Logging in

Additional context

No response

Screenshots or screen recordings

No response

Relevant log output

bash

Source: invoiceninja/invoiceninja