Not loading in recent versions of Craft 3.7.x

[daltonrooney]

I'm not sure exactly when this started, but it appears that MatrixMate assets aren't loading in the CP in recent versions of 3.7. Possibly related? craftcms/cms#11033 (comment)

Craft::$app->getUser()->checkPermission('accessCp') always returns false in the onAfterLoadPlugins() method. Changing the event that loads that method to Application::EVENT_INIT does seem to solve the problem.

[mmikkel]

I'm not able to reproduce that, so it's likely due to a conflict with some other plugin (or a custom module) installed on your end.

You're probably right that this is the same issue as craftcms/cms#2473 (and the one you linked, which is basically the same problem – i.e. craftcms/cms#11033).

I just cut a release 1.4.5 that changes the event MatrixMate listens to from Plugins::EVENT_AFTER_LOAD_PLUGINS to Application::EVENT_INIT – just because that seems to be the official best practice since craftcms/cms@50f6d35 (and also because MatrixMate 2, for Craft 4, is already using that event, so – consistency :)

FYI though, both of these events should actually be safe to use in terms of avoiding the actual problem described in the issues linked. From a core perspective, the EVENT_INIT event is literally triggered right after the PLUGINS_LOADED event – so if this actually solves your issue, this is most likely coincidental, i.e. you most likely have something in your stack that triggers a user element query outside of bounds. Upgrading your site to Craft 4 will likely expose that something, since Craft 4 will log a warning for it.

[daltonrooney]

Thanks for the detailed background info and pushing a fix so quickly! We’ll be moving this site to Craft 4.1 before the end of the summer but we did deactivate all plugins as part of our testing process before I submitted this so that’s still a mystery.

[mmikkel]

@daltonrooney What about custom modules?

[daltonrooney]

@mmikkel Yep, just found it, a call to Craft::$app->getUser()->getIdentity(); in a custom module's init() method. Thanks for the tip! 🙌🏻

[mmikkel]

@daltonrooney Right on, thanks for the follow-up!