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Expand Up @@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ uacp: This page is linked from the Help Portal at https://help.sap.com/products/
[user]: #cds-user
[`req.user`]: #cds-user

afaik we cannot (or should not) use req.user any more. Instead we use cds.context.user in the middleware now.
We need some explanation on the different users here. Today I had to debug and identify an anonymous user. This is not documented yet, so please elaborte here or somewhere else.

Represents the currently logged-in user as filled into [`req.user`](events#user) by authentication middlewares.
Simply create instances of `cds.User` or of subclasses thereof in custom middlewares.
For example:
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