title: Laravel 6.17 to newer version upgrade issue - authentication sessions lost
body: <p>When using Laravel 6.17 and upgrading to a newer version than 6.17, for example 6.18.43, the logged in sessions are all lost. All users have to authenticate again.</p>
  <p>When downgrading back to 6.17, all authentication sessions are restored.</p>
  <p>Is there a way to circumvent losing the authentication sessions while upgrading to the latest version?</p>