backend/src/main/java/com/recipeapp/auth/AuthController.java

@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ public class AuthController {
         return ResponseEntity.ok(ApiResponse.success(user));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates an authenticated Spring Security context and stores it in the HTTP session
+     * so that subsequent requests from the same session are recognised as authenticated.
+     * We do this manually because we are not using Spring Security's built-in form login.
+     */
     private void authenticateInSession(String email, String role, HttpServletRequest request) {
         var auth = UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken.authenticated(
                 email, null, List.of(new SimpleGrantedAuthority("ROLE_" + role.toUpperCase())));
@@ -66,6 +71,7 @@ public class AuthController {
         if (session != null) {
             session.invalidate();
         }
+        SecurityContextHolder.clearContext();
         return ResponseEntity.noContent().build();
     }
 

backend/src/main/java/com/recipeapp/auth/SecurityConfig.java

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ public class SecurityConfig {
     @Bean
     public SecurityFilterChain securityFilterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
         http
+                // CSRF is disabled: SvelteKit is the only client and submits form actions
+                // server-side, so the browser never calls the backend directly.
                 .csrf(csrf -> csrf.disable())
                 .authorizeHttpRequests(auth -> auth
                         .requestMatchers("/v1/auth/signup", "/v1/auth/login").permitAll()