Authorization for direct file links

Hello.

It's necessary to protect direct links to files in Laravel.

In config/filesystems.php created new disk:

'files' => [
            'driver' => 'local',
            'root' => storage_path('app/files'),
            'url' => env('APP_URL').'/files',
            'visibility' => 'public',
            'throw' => false,
        ]

Created route in web.php:

Route::get('files/{file}', FilesController::class)->middleware(['auth']);

And FilesController:

public function __invoke($file)
    {
        abort_if(
            ! Storage::disk('files') ->exists($file),
            404,
            "The file doesn't exist. Check the path."
        );

        return Storage::disk('files')->response($file);
    }

When going to the address in an unauthorized session, the file is downloaded and displayed:

localhost:8000/files/yR2LJHkS2lYTd4RlUFbfkRCzaktZiP0EH3w9AVMp.jpg

To check i changed the route to this one:

Route::get('/files/yR2LJHkS2lYTd4RlUFbfkRCzaktZiP0EH3w9AVMp.jpg', function (Request $request) {
    Log::info('Get file URL test.');  
});

But nothing happened, the test message was not written to the log.

How to intercept a file request in a route and process it in a controller to check user authorization?

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