Why is PassportJS in Node not removing session on logout

Question

I am having trouble getting my system to log out with PassportJS. It seems the logout route is being called, but its not removing the session. I want it to return 401, if th

Answer 1

You shoulde be using req.logout() to destroy the session in the browser.

app.get('/logout', function(req, res) {
    req.logout();
    res.redirect('/'); // whatever the route to your default page is
});