Login server-side action (NextJS) not creating session cookie

(for @Kenny) hello, so I created this login function:

TypeScript

export async function logIn(email: string, password: string) {
  const account = new Account(client);

  try {
    const session = await account.createEmailPasswordSession(email, password);
    console.log("Login successful:", session);
    (await cookies()).set(COOKIE_KEY, session.secret, {
      path: "/",
      httpOnly: true,
      sameSite: "strict",
      secure: true,
    });

    return session;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error("Login failed:", error);
    throw error;
  }
}

problem is, session is created successfully, but the cookie is not being created (ss of application tab of devtools sent)

TL;DR

Developers having issues creating a session cookie while logging in using NextJS. The problem is that the cookie is empty because the secret isn't provided on the client-side session creation. Secret should not be exposed on the client-side. The code snippet provided calls for the cookie to be set with the session secret, but it's not working. Ensure that secrets are handled properly and not exposed.

huh???