## Summary
Manual smoke after PR #113 surfaced a dev-only bug: after `/auth/callback` the BFF correctly sets the `portal_session` cookie and redirects to the SPA, but the SPA's next call to `/api/auth/me` comes back **401 with no `cookie:` header at all**. The user lands "back at the portal" but the header still shows "Sign in".
**Root cause.** Angular's `HttpClient` via `withFetch()` inherits `fetch`'s default `credentials: 'same-origin'`. In dev, `localhost:4200` (SPA) → `localhost:3000` (BFF) is cross-origin (different ports), so the browser drops the session cookie on the way out. SameSite=Lax is a red herring: both URLs share the registrable domain, so the cookie is still same-site — what was missing was opting the fetch into credentials.
**Fix.** Per-call `withCredentials: true` on the /me request. Only /me needs cookies today; login/logout are full-page navigations through `window.location`, which the browser hydrates with cookies regardless. A global `HttpInterceptor` will be the right abstraction once other authenticated BFF endpoints exist — premature for one consumer.
**BFF side was already correct.** `enableCors({ credentials: true })` in `main.ts`. Nothing to change.
A new spec pins `withCredentials === true` on the /me request so a future refactor can't silently drop the flag and reintroduce the bug.
## Test plan
- [x] `pnpm nx test feature-auth` → **9/9 pass** (was 8 before; +1 spec pinning the credentials flag).
- [x] `pnpm nx test portal-shell` → **32/32 pass**.
- [x] `pnpm nx lint feature-auth portal-shell` → clean.
- [x] `pnpm nx build portal-shell` → clean.
- [ ] Manual smoke against the running BFF: anonymous landing → click "Sign in" → Entra → callback → SPA lands with avatar + display name in the header (the very last step that failed before this fix).
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Co-authored-by: Julien Gautier <julien.gautier@apf.asso.fr>
Reviewed-on: #114
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