Description

When I set disableDefaultPayloadAuth to true in the payload-auth plugin configuration, I’m unable to create any users. The operation either silently fails or does not persist the new user in the database. Everything works correctly when disableDefaultPayloadAuth is set to false.

Steps To Reproduce

export const betterAuthPluginOptions: BetterAuthPluginOptions = {
  disableDefaultPayloadAuth: true,
  // other config...
}

(I am using a seperate collection for the admin panel named admin)

Expected Behavior

to create new users!

Environment

payload-auth: 1.6.5
payload-version: 3.62.0
node version: v23.11.0
database: postgres (docker latest image as of writing)
os: windows

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Additional Context

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