framework: Routes Provided by Package Do Not Load When Middleware Applied

Laravel Version

11.3

PHP Version

8.3.3

Database Driver & Version

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Description

Routes do not load properly when a middleware is applied in a package.

PackageServiceProvider (package_root/src/Providers/PackageServiceProvider.php)

<?php

namespace Example\Package\Providers;

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class ExamplePackageProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    public function register(): void
    {
    }

    public function boot(): void
    {

        $this->loadRoutesFrom(__DIR__ . '/../../routes/web.php');

        $this->loadMigrationsFrom(__DIR__ . '/../../database/migrations');

        $this->loadViewsFrom(__DIR__ . '/../../resources/views', 'eppLogin');
    }
}

Web Routes (package_root/routes/web.php)

<?php

use Example\Package\Http\Controllers\DemoController;

Route::middleware('auth')->group(function () {
    Route::get('/dummy_package_route, [DemoController::class, 'index'])
        ->name('dummy_package_route_name.index');
});

When the routes are registered with middleware via a package, the auth middleware redirects the request to AppServiceProvider::HOME, but when the exact same routes are copied and pasted into routes/web.php in the main application, the routes function as expected. Removing the middleware when registering the routes in the package allows the routes to function properly, except for the fact that the middleware is no longer applied.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Install a package that registers a route wrapped in the auth middleware via the package. (a simple dummy or symlinked/composer path package will work. (that’s what I have))
2. Attempt to visit that route, you will be redirected to AppServiceProvider::HOME
3. Comment out the routes registered via the package and place the same routes with the middleware in routes/web.php. The route works as expected.