User Request

Type: bug
Target: Console Application
Submitted by: @aaradhychinche-alt
Console Request ID: ea10e774-1dc7-4b01-9d13-01ca3f4eec27

Description

What happened:
If Authorization header is present but invalid, request fails even if a valid auth cookie exists.

What I expected:
Middleware should fallback to cookie authentication.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Set valid auth cookie
2. Send request with malformed Authorization header
3. Observe 401 response

Additional context:
Breaks requests due to bad headers from proxies or clients.

This issue was automatically created from the KubeStellar Console.