How to start a new session?

Hi,

for getting started with Laravel and sessions I have built a really simple controller.

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Session;

class TestController extends Controller
{

    public function test(Request $request)
    {

        echo "Session id is " . $request->session()->getId(). "<br><br>";
        $request->session()->start();
        $data = $request->session()->all();
        echo "Session contains " . json_encode($data) . "<br><br>";

        $request->session()->put("testKey", "testValue");
        $data = $request->session()->all();
        echo "Session contains now " . json_encode($data) . "<br><br>";

        $request->session()->save();
    }
}

Mapped in the routes/web.php

Route::get('/test', 'TestController@test');

When I visit the path /test two-times I always get a new session id and my testKey is not set. How can I persist the session?

When I have visited the path / (which returnes the default welcome view) my session seems to be started and active and the testKey is successfully persisted in the session.

Thanks for your help!