I want two special methods: one that runs for all URLs one that runs

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Asked: May 12, 20262026-05-12T20:05:04+00:00 2026-05-12T20:05:04+00:00

I want two special methods:

I thought the most general would be using begin, and the method for /admin would use auto. For example, in these two Catalyst controllers:

package MyApp::Controller::Root;

sub begin :Private {
    my ($self, $c) = @_;

    $c->log->debug('Run for all URLs');
}

[…]

package MyApp::Controller::Admin;

sub auto :Private {
    my ($self, $c) = @_;

    $c->log->debug('Run for /admin only');
}

But this does not achieve what I want. What is the correct solution?

EDIT: the problem is that Addmin::auto() is never called, not when I access /admin or /admin/

After more tests, auto is never called. I’ve tried to put auto at different places, it is never called.

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-12T20:05:05+00:00

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The problem was actually the following: both controllers had this line:

__PACKAGE__->config->{namespace} = '';

This prevented the auto function to trigger in Admin.pm

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