Sample repo for troubleshooting Next.js and AWS Amplify "No current user" at getServerSideProps - REST, not GraphQ

Set up

cd backend
npm install

• Make sure you have a valid GITHUB_TOKEN secret.
• Set a unique domain for your Cognito user pool here.
• Update the frontend Amplify configuration here to use the same unique domain

npm run deploy

Once the deployment is completed, get the output from the deployment (or check them on the Amplify deployed app/Environment variables) and configure env.local.sample with the deploy output values then rename the file to env.local.

mv frontend/env.local.sample frontend/env.local

Install frontend dependencies:

cd frontend
npm install

Running

cd frontend
npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000 there will be two links:

• Works SSR
• Does not work SSR