vue router next() function don't work in Promise in router.beforeEach - vue.js

Question

I have the following code:
router.beforeEach((to, from, next) => {
if (to.name !== from.name) {
store
.dispatch("fetchCurrentUser")
.then(() => {
console.log('then');
// do something
next();
})
.catch(() => {
console.log('catch');
router.push("/login");
next();
});
} else {
next();
}
// next();
});
I'm trying to get the current user, and if this succeeds, then do something with this data, and if the request is not successful, then redirect the user to the login page. But next () calls do not work, I get the "then" or "catch" in the console, but the redirect does not occur and an infinite loop begins. But if I take next () from condition (commented row) the redirect works fine.

Answer 1

To redirect you should use next('/') or next({ path: '/' }).
From the documentation:
next: Function: this function must be called to resolve the hook. The
action depends on the arguments provided to next:
next(): move on to the next hook in the pipeline. If no hooks are
left, the navigation is confirmed.
next(false): abort the current navigation. If the browser URL was
changed (either manually by the user or via back button), it will be
reset to that of the from route.
next('/') or next({ path: '/' }): redirect to a different location.
The current navigation will be aborted and a new one will be started.
You can pass any location object to next, which allows you to specify
options like replace: true, name: 'home' and any option used in
router-link's to prop or router.push

Answer 2

The promise resolves after the function ends.
This means that the commented next happens regardless of the result of the promise result. Then the promise resolves and you call another next.
The bottom line is that you don't need the commented next and should just cover the promise resolve.

Answer 3

I was able to implement an async validation inside beforeEach, authentication in my case.
export async function onBeforeEach(to, from, next) {
let { someUserToken } = to.query
if (someUserToken) {
let nextRoute = await authenticate(to)
next(nextRoute)
} else {
const userToken = store.state.application.userToken
if (!to.meta.public && !userToken) {
next({ name: 'Forbidden' })
} else {
next()
}
}
}
async function authenticate(to) {
let { someUserToken, ...rest } = to.query
return store
.dispatch('application/authenticate', {
someUserToken
})
.then(() => {
return {
name: 'Home',
query: {
...rest
}
}
})
.catch(() => {
return { name: 'Forbidden' }
})
}
I hope this helps.