The Request Pipeline Walkthrough

1. What is the first component that processes a request in the ASP.NET Core request pipeline?

Static files Authentication Exception handling Routing

2. Which component in the middleware pipeline is responsible for populating `HttpContext.User` with the identity of the request?

Authorization Routing Authentication Static files

3. What happens if a middleware component does not call `next` in the ASP.NET Core request pipeline?

The pipeline continues normally The request bypasses all remaining middleware The endpoint is executed It short-circuits the pipeline

4. Where should middleware for logging with a correlation ID be placed in the request pipeline?

After routing Before any middleware that can fail After authentication and authorization At the very end of the pipeline