php - Laravel auth not persistent -

auth isn't persistent accross pages in laravel 5.4 installation. i've read many other posts of relate tinkering route middleware i've not had luck.

once logged in, end in re-direct loop because i'm authenticated, re-directed home page, home page (via routes) doesn't think i'm logged in requires me login again!

routes (web.php)

route::group(['middleware' => 'web'], function () {      // frontpage     route::get('/', ['as' => 'home', function () {         return redirect('audiolibrary');     }]);      // auth     route::get('login', [         'as' => 'auth.login', 'uses' => 'authcontroller@login',     ]);     route::get('logout', [         'as' => 'auth.login', 'uses' => 'authcontroller@logout',     ]);  });  route::group(['middleware' => ['web', 'auth']], function () {      // audio library     route::get('audiolibrary', [         'as' => 'audiolibrary.index', 'uses' => 'audiolibrarycontroller@index',     ]);  }); 

authcontroller.php

namespace app\http\controllers;  use auth; use app\user; use illuminate\http\request; use illuminate\auth\authenticatable;  class authcontroller extends controller {      public function login(request $request)     {          $code = $request->get('code');         $googleservice = \oauth::consumer('google');          if (!is_null($code)) {             $token = $googleservice->requestaccesstoken($code);              $google = json_decode($googleservice->request('https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/userinfo'), true);              if(user::where('email', '=', $google['email'])->first()){                 $user = user::where('email', '=', $google['email'])->first();                 auth::login($user);                 return redirect('/');             } else {                 $user = new user();                 $user->name = $google['name'];                 $user->email = $google['email'];                 $user->save();                  auth::login($user);             }         } else {             $url = $googleservice->getauthorizationuri();                        return redirect((string)$url);         }     }     }