Default Require Explicit Session Management = true

Closes gh-11763

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/SessionManagementConfigurer.java

@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ package org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configurers;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpSession;
@@ -135,7 +137,9 @@ public final class SessionManagementConfigurer<H extends HttpSecurityBuilder<H>>
 
 	private AuthenticationFailureHandler sessionAuthenticationFailureHandler;
 
-	private boolean requireExplicitAuthenticationStrategy;
+	private Set<String> propertiesThatRequireImplicitAuthentication = new HashSet<>();
+
+	private Boolean requireExplicitAuthenticationStrategy;
 
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new instance
@@ -154,6 +158,7 @@ public final class SessionManagementConfigurer<H extends HttpSecurityBuilder<H>>
 	 */
 	public SessionManagementConfigurer<H> invalidSessionUrl(String invalidSessionUrl) {
 		this.invalidSessionUrl = invalidSessionUrl;
+		this.propertiesThatRequireImplicitAuthentication.add("invalidSessionUrl = " + invalidSessionUrl);
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -181,6 +186,7 @@ public final class SessionManagementConfigurer<H extends HttpSecurityBuilder<H>>
 	public SessionManagementConfigurer<H> invalidSessionStrategy(InvalidSessionStrategy invalidSessionStrategy) {
 		Assert.notNull(invalidSessionStrategy, "invalidSessionStrategy");
 		this.invalidSessionStrategy = invalidSessionStrategy;
+		this.propertiesThatRequireImplicitAuthentication.add("invalidSessionStrategy = " + invalidSessionStrategy);
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -195,6 +201,8 @@ public final class SessionManagementConfigurer<H extends HttpSecurityBuilder<H>>
 	 */
 	public SessionManagementConfigurer<H> sessionAuthenticationErrorUrl(String sessionAuthenticationErrorUrl) {
 		this.sessionAuthenticationErrorUrl = sessionAuthenticationErrorUrl;
+		this.propertiesThatRequireImplicitAuthentication
+				.add("sessionAuthenticationErrorUrl = " + sessionAuthenticationErrorUrl);
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -210,6 +218,8 @@ public final class SessionManagementConfigurer<H extends HttpSecurityBuilder<H>>
 	public SessionManagementConfigurer<H> sessionAuthenticationFailureHandler(
 			AuthenticationFailureHandler sessionAuthenticationFailureHandler) {
 		this.sessionAuthenticationFailureHandler = sessionAuthenticationFailureHandler;
+		this.propertiesThatRequireImplicitAuthentication
+				.add("sessionAuthenticationFailureHandler = " + sessionAuthenticationFailureHandler);
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -245,6 +255,7 @@ public final class SessionManagementConfigurer<H extends HttpSecurityBuilder<H>>
 	public SessionManagementConfigurer<H> sessionCreationPolicy(SessionCreationPolicy sessionCreationPolicy) {
 		Assert.notNull(sessionCreationPolicy, "sessionCreationPolicy cannot be null");
 		this.sessionPolicy = sessionCreationPolicy;
+		this.propertiesThatRequireImplicitAuthentication.add("sessionCreationPolicy = " + sessionCreationPolicy);
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -266,6 +277,8 @@ public final class SessionManagementConfigurer<H extends HttpSecurityBuilder<H>>
 	public SessionManagementConfigurer<H> sessionAuthenticationStrategy(
 			SessionAuthenticationStrategy sessionAuthenticationStrategy) {
 		this.providedSessionAuthenticationStrategy = sessionAuthenticationStrategy;
+		this.propertiesThatRequireImplicitAuthentication
+				.add("sessionAuthenticationStrategy = " + sessionAuthenticationStrategy);
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -309,6 +322,7 @@ public final class SessionManagementConfigurer<H extends HttpSecurityBuilder<H>>
 	 */
 	public ConcurrencyControlConfigurer maximumSessions(int maximumSessions) {
 		this.maximumSessions = maximumSessions;
+		this.propertiesThatRequireImplicitAuthentication.add("maximumSessions = " + maximumSessions);
 		return new ConcurrencyControlConfigurer();
 	}
 
@@ -384,8 +398,26 @@ public final class SessionManagementConfigurer<H extends HttpSecurityBuilder<H>>
 		}
 	}
 
+	private boolean shouldRequireExplicitAuthenticationStrategy() {
+		boolean defaultRequireExplicitAuthenticationStrategy = this.propertiesThatRequireImplicitAuthentication
+				.isEmpty();
+		if (this.requireExplicitAuthenticationStrategy == null) {
+			// explicit is not set, use default
+			return defaultRequireExplicitAuthenticationStrategy;
+		}
+		if (this.requireExplicitAuthenticationStrategy && !defaultRequireExplicitAuthenticationStrategy) {
+			// explicit disabled and implicit requires it
+			throw new IllegalStateException(
+					"Invalid configuration that explicitly sets requireExplicitAuthenticationStrategy to "
+							+ this.requireExplicitAuthenticationStrategy
+							+ " but implicitly requires it due to the following properties being set: "
+							+ this.propertiesThatRequireImplicitAuthentication);
+		}
+		return this.requireExplicitAuthenticationStrategy;
+	}
+
 	private SessionManagementFilter createSessionManagementFilter(H http) {
-		if (this.requireExplicitAuthenticationStrategy) {
+		if (shouldRequireExplicitAuthenticationStrategy()) {
 			return null;
 		}
 		SecurityContextRepository securityContextRepository = http.getSharedObject(SecurityContextRepository.class);

config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/http/HttpConfigurationBuilder.java

@@ -539,9 +539,10 @@ class HttpConfigurationBuilder {
 			sessionMgmtFilter.addPropertyReference("invalidSessionStrategy", invalidSessionStrategyRef);
 		}
 		sessionMgmtFilter.addConstructorArgReference(sessionAuthStratRef);
-		boolean registerSessionMgmtFilter = (sessionMgmtElt == null
-				|| !"true".equals(sessionMgmtElt.getAttribute(ATT_AUTHENTICATION_STRATEGY_EXPLICIT_INVOCATION)));
-		if (registerSessionMgmtFilter) {
+		boolean registerSessionMgmtFilter = (sessionMgmtElt != null
+				&& "false".equals(sessionMgmtElt.getAttribute(ATT_AUTHENTICATION_STRATEGY_EXPLICIT_INVOCATION)));
+		if (registerSessionMgmtFilter || StringUtils.hasText(errorUrl) || StringUtils.hasText(invalidSessionUrl)
+				|| StringUtils.hasText(invalidSessionStrategyRef)) {
 			this.sfpf = (RootBeanDefinition) sessionMgmtFilter.getBeanDefinition();
 		}
 		this.sessionStrategyRef = new RuntimeBeanReference(sessionAuthStratRef);

config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/DefaultFiltersTests.java

@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ import org.springframework.security.web.csrf.HttpSessionCsrfTokenRepository;
 import org.springframework.security.web.header.HeaderWriterFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCacheAwareFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.servletapi.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter;
-import org.springframework.security.web.session.SessionManagementFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.AnyRequestMatcher;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -112,7 +111,6 @@ public class DefaultFiltersTests {
 		assertThat(classes.contains(RequestCacheAwareFilter.class)).isTrue();
 		assertThat(classes.contains(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.class)).isTrue();
 		assertThat(classes.contains(AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.class)).isTrue();
-		assertThat(classes.contains(SessionManagementFilter.class)).isTrue();
 		assertThat(classes.contains(ExceptionTranslationFilter.class)).isTrue();
 		assertThat(classes.contains(FilterSecurityInterceptor.class)).isTrue();
 	}

config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/NamespaceSessionManagementTests.java

@@ -258,6 +258,17 @@ public class NamespaceSessionManagementTests {
 	@EnableWebSecurity
 	static class SessionManagementConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
 
+		@Override
+		protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
+			// @formatter:off
+			super.configure(http);
+			http
+				.sessionManagement((sessions) -> sessions
+					.requireExplicitAuthenticationStrategy(false)
+				);
+			// @formatter:on
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	@Configuration
@@ -364,6 +375,7 @@ public class NamespaceSessionManagementTests {
 			// @formatter:off
 			http
 				.sessionManagement()
+					.requireExplicitAuthenticationStrategy(false)
 					.and()
 				.httpBasic();
 			// @formatter:on
@@ -379,8 +391,9 @@ public class NamespaceSessionManagementTests {
 		protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
 			// @formatter:off
 			http
-				.sessionManagement()
-					.and()
+				.sessionManagement((sessions) -> sessions
+					.requireExplicitAuthenticationStrategy(false)
+				)
 				.httpBasic();
 			// @formatter:on
 		}
@@ -400,9 +413,10 @@ public class NamespaceSessionManagementTests {
 		protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
 			// @formatter:off
 			http
-				.sessionManagement()
+				.sessionManagement((sessions) -> sessions
 					.sessionFixation().newSession()
-					.and()
+					.requireExplicitAuthenticationStrategy(false)
+				)
 				.httpBasic();
 			// @formatter:on
 		}

config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/SessionManagementConfigurerTests.java

@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ public class SessionManagementConfigurerTests {
 			http
 				.sessionManagement((sessionManagement) ->
 					sessionManagement
+						.requireExplicitAuthenticationStrategy(false)
 						.sessionFixation((sessionFixation) ->
 							sessionFixation.newSession()
 						)
@@ -583,9 +584,12 @@ public class SessionManagementConfigurerTests {
 		static AuthenticationTrustResolver TR;
 
 		@Override
-		protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) {
+		protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
 			// @formatter:off
 			http
+				.sessionManagement((sessions) -> sessions
+					.requireExplicitAuthenticationStrategy(false)
+				)
 				.setSharedObject(AuthenticationTrustResolver.class, TR);
 			// @formatter:on
 		}

config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/http/DeferHttpSessionXmlConfigTests.java

@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ public class DeferHttpSessionXmlConfigTests {
 
 		this.springSecurityFilterChain.doFilter(mockRequest, response, chain);
 
+		verify(mockRequest, never()).isRequestedSessionIdValid();
+		verify(mockRequest, never()).changeSessionId();
 		verify(mockRequest, never()).getSession(anyBoolean());
 		verify(mockRequest, never()).getSession();
 	}

config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/http/MiscHttpConfigTests.java

@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ import org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCache;
 import org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCacheAwareFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.servletapi.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.session.DisableEncodeUrlFilter;
-import org.springframework.security.web.session.SessionManagementFilter;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MvcResult;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockHttpServletRequestBuilder;
@@ -479,8 +478,6 @@ public class MiscHttpConfigTests {
 				.andReturn();
 		// @formatter:on
 		assertThat(result.getRequest().getSession(false)).isNotNull();
-		verify(repository, atLeastOnce()).saveContext(any(SecurityContext.class), any(HttpServletRequest.class),
-				any(HttpServletResponse.class));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -851,7 +848,6 @@ public class MiscHttpConfigTests {
 		assertThat(filters.next()).isInstanceOf(RequestCacheAwareFilter.class);
 		assertThat(filters.next()).isInstanceOf(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.class);
 		assertThat(filters.next()).isInstanceOf(AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.class);
-		assertThat(filters.next()).isInstanceOf(SessionManagementFilter.class);
 		assertThat(filters.next()).isInstanceOf(ExceptionTranslationFilter.class);
 		assertThat(filters.next()).isInstanceOf(FilterSecurityInterceptor.class)
 				.hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("observeOncePerRequest", false);

config/src/test/kotlin/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/session/SessionFixationDslTests.kt

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class SessionFixationDslTests {
         open fun securityFilterChain(http: HttpSecurity): SecurityFilterChain {
             http {
                 sessionManagement {
+                    requireExplicitAuthenticationStrategy = false
                     sessionFixation {
                         newSession()
                     }
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ class SessionFixationDslTests {
         open fun securityFilterChain(http: HttpSecurity): SecurityFilterChain {
             http {
                 sessionManagement {
+                    requireExplicitAuthenticationStrategy = false
                     sessionFixation {
                         migrateSession()
                     }
@@ -147,6 +149,7 @@ class SessionFixationDslTests {
         open fun securityFilterChain(http: HttpSecurity): SecurityFilterChain {
             http {
                 sessionManagement {
+                    requireExplicitAuthenticationStrategy = false
                     sessionFixation {
                         changeSessionId()
                     }

config/src/test/resources/org/springframework/security/config/http/DeferHttpSessionTests-Explicit.xml

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 	<http auto-config="true"
 			use-authorization-manager="true">
 		<intercept-url  pattern="/**" access="permitAll"/>
-		<session-management authentication-strategy-explicit-invocation="true"/>
 	</http>
 
 	<b:import resource="CsrfConfigTests-shared-userservice.xml"/>

config/src/test/resources/org/springframework/security/config/http/SessionManagementConfigTests-ConcurrencyControlCustomLogoutHandler.xml

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 			https://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
 
 	<http auto-config="true">
-		<session-management>
+		<session-management
+			authentication-strategy-explicit-invocation="false">
 			<concurrency-control/>
 		</session-management>
 		<remember-me services-ref="customRememberMeServices"/>

config/src/test/resources/org/springframework/security/config/http/SessionManagementConfigTests-ConcurrencyControlSessionRegistryAlias.xml

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 			https://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
 
 	<http auto-config="true">
-		<session-management>
+		<session-management
+			authentication-strategy-explicit-invocation="false">
 			<concurrency-control session-registry-alias="sessionRegistry"/>
 		</session-management>
 		<csrf disabled="true"/>

config/src/test/resources/org/springframework/security/config/http/SessionManagementConfigTests-ConcurrencyControlSessionRegistryRef.xml

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 			https://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
 
 	<http auto-config="true">
-		<session-management>
+		<session-management
+			authentication-strategy-explicit-invocation="false">
 			<concurrency-control session-registry-ref="sessionRegistry"/>
 		</session-management>
 		<csrf disabled="true"/>

config/src/test/resources/org/springframework/security/config/http/SessionManagementConfigTests-Sec1208.xml

@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 
 	<http auto-config="true" create-session="ifRequired" use-expressions="true">
 		<intercept-url pattern="/auth/**" access="authenticated"/>
-		<session-management>
+		<session-management
+			authentication-strategy-explicit-invocation="false">
 			<concurrency-control max-sessions="1" error-if-maximum-exceeded="true"/>
 		</session-management>
 		<csrf disabled="true"/>

config/src/test/resources/org/springframework/security/config/http/SessionManagementConfigTests-SessionAuthenticationStrategyRef.xml

@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
 
 	<http auto-config="true" use-expressions="true">
 		<intercept-url pattern="/auth/**" access="authenticated"/>
-		<session-management session-authentication-strategy-ref="teapotSessionAuthenticationStrategy"/>
+		<session-management
+			authentication-strategy-explicit-invocation="false"
+			session-authentication-strategy-ref="teapotSessionAuthenticationStrategy"/>
 	</http>
 
 	<b:bean name="basicController"

config/src/test/resources/org/springframework/security/config/http/SessionManagementConfigTests-SessionFixationProtectionMigrateSession.xml

@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
 
 	<http auto-config="true" use-expressions="true">
 		<intercept-url pattern="/auth/**" access="authenticated"/>
-		<session-management session-fixation-protection="migrateSession"/>
+		<session-management
+			authentication-strategy-explicit-invocation="false"
+			session-fixation-protection="migrateSession"/>
 	</http>
 
 	<b:bean name="basicController"

test/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/test/web/servlet/showcase/login/AuthenticationTests.java

@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.EnableWebSecurity;
-import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsService;
 import org.springframework.security.provisioning.InMemoryUserDetailsManager;
+import org.springframework.security.web.DefaultSecurityFilterChain;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension;
 import org.springframework.test.context.web.WebAppConfiguration;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.MockMvcBuilders;
 import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;
 
+import static org.springframework.security.config.Customizer.withDefaults;
 import static org.springframework.security.test.web.servlet.request.SecurityMockMvcRequestBuilders.formLogin;
 import static org.springframework.security.test.web.servlet.request.SecurityMockMvcRequestPostProcessors.httpBasic;
 import static org.springframework.security.test.web.servlet.response.SecurityMockMvcResultMatchers.authenticated;
@@ -89,11 +91,26 @@ public class AuthenticationTests {
 	@Configuration
 	@EnableWebSecurity
 	@EnableWebMvc
-	static class Config extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
+	static class Config {
 
-		@Override
 		@Bean
-		public UserDetailsService userDetailsService() {
+		DefaultSecurityFilterChain springSecurity(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
+			// @formatter:off
+			http
+				.authorizeHttpRequests((requests) -> requests
+					.anyRequest().authenticated()
+				)
+				.sessionManagement((sessions) -> sessions
+					.requireExplicitAuthenticationStrategy(false)
+				)
+				.httpBasic(withDefaults())
+				.formLogin(withDefaults());
+			// @formatter:on
+			return http.build();
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		UserDetailsService userDetailsService() {
 			// @formatter:off
 			UserDetails user = User.withDefaultPasswordEncoder().username("user").password("password").roles("USER").build();
 			return new InMemoryUserDetailsManager(user);

web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/preauth/AbstractPreAuthenticatedProcessingFilter.java

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import org.springframework.security.web.WebAttributes;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AuthenticationFailureHandler;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AuthenticationSuccessHandler;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.WebAuthenticationDetailsSource;
-import org.springframework.security.web.context.RequestAttributeSecurityContextRepository;
+import org.springframework.security.web.context.HttpSessionSecurityContextRepository;
 import org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextRepository;
 import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.RequestMatcher;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractPreAuthenticatedProcessingFilter extends GenericFi
 
 	private RequestMatcher requiresAuthenticationRequestMatcher = new PreAuthenticatedProcessingRequestMatcher();
 
-	private SecurityContextRepository securityContextRepository = new RequestAttributeSecurityContextRepository();
+	private SecurityContextRepository securityContextRepository = new HttpSessionSecurityContextRepository();
 
 	/**
 	 * Check whether all required properties have been set.

web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/rememberme/RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.java

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder;
 import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolderStrategy;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AuthenticationSuccessHandler;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.RememberMeServices;
-import org.springframework.security.web.context.RequestAttributeSecurityContextRepository;
+import org.springframework.security.web.context.HttpSessionSecurityContextRepository;
 import org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextRepository;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.web.filter.GenericFilterBean;
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class RememberMeAuthenticationFilter extends GenericFilterBean implements
 
 	private RememberMeServices rememberMeServices;
 
-	private SecurityContextRepository securityContextRepository = new RequestAttributeSecurityContextRepository();
+	private SecurityContextRepository securityContextRepository = new HttpSessionSecurityContextRepository();
 
 	public RememberMeAuthenticationFilter(AuthenticationManager authenticationManager,
 			RememberMeServices rememberMeServices) {

web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/preauth/AbstractPreAuthenticatedProcessingFilterTests.java

@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User;
 import org.springframework.security.web.WebAttributes;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.ForwardAuthenticationFailureHandler;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.ForwardAuthenticationSuccessHandler;
-import org.springframework.security.web.context.RequestAttributeSecurityContextRepository;
 import org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextRepository;
 import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.AntPathRequestMatcher;
 
@@ -212,8 +211,6 @@ public class AbstractPreAuthenticatedProcessingFilterTests {
 		filter.doFilter(request, response, chain);
 		verify(am).authenticate(any(PreAuthenticatedAuthenticationToken.class));
 		assertThat(response.getForwardedUrl()).isEqualTo("/forwardUrl");
-		assertThat(request.getAttribute(RequestAttributeSecurityContextRepository.DEFAULT_REQUEST_ATTR_NAME))
-				.isNotNull();
 	}
 
 	@Test

web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/authentication/rememberme/RememberMeAuthenticationFilterTests.java

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.NullRememberMeServices;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.RememberMeServices;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.SimpleUrlAuthenticationSuccessHandler;
-import org.springframework.security.web.context.RequestAttributeSecurityContextRepository;
 import org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextRepository;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -110,8 +109,6 @@ public class RememberMeAuthenticationFilterTests {
 		filter.doFilter(request, new MockHttpServletResponse(), fc);
 		// Ensure filter setup with our remembered authentication object
 		assertThat(SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication()).isSameAs(this.remembered);
-		assertThat(request.getAttribute(RequestAttributeSecurityContextRepository.DEFAULT_REQUEST_ATTR_NAME))
-				.isNotNull();
 		verify(fc).doFilter(any(HttpServletRequest.class), any(HttpServletResponse.class));
 	}
 
@@ -152,8 +149,6 @@ public class RememberMeAuthenticationFilterTests {
 		request.setRequestURI("x");
 		filter.doFilter(request, response, fc);
 		assertThat(response.getRedirectedUrl()).isEqualTo("/target");
-		assertThat(request.getAttribute(RequestAttributeSecurityContextRepository.DEFAULT_REQUEST_ATTR_NAME))
-				.isNotNull();
 		// Should return after success handler is invoked, so chain should not proceed
 		verifyNoMoreInteractions(fc);
 	}