Laravel 5.4 - Session store not set on request

On my laravel 5.4 production server, I forgot to run the php artisan config:cache command after I implemented a multi authorization system. It all works in my development environment, however it does not want to in production. Since running the cache command, I’ve worked through all the errors to this point. I have Apache for dev and nginx for production. I am stuck on this one and really not sure where to take it. Any information I haven’t provided, please feel free to ask and I will post it. Thank you so much for your help.

<?php

    namespace App\Exceptions;

    use Exception;
    use Illuminate\Auth\AuthenticationException;
    use Illuminate\Foundation\Exceptions\Handler as ExceptionHandler;

    class Handler extends ExceptionHandler
    {
        protected $dontReport = [
            \Illuminate\Auth\AuthenticationException::class,
            \Illuminate\Auth\Access\AuthorizationException::class,
            \Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpException::class,
            \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\ModelNotFoundException::class,
            \Illuminate\Session\TokenMismatchException::class,
            \Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException::class,
        ];

        public function report(Exception $exception)
        {
            parent::report($exception);
        }

        public function render($request, Exception $exception)
        {
            return parent::render($request, $exception);
        }

        /**
         * Convert an authentication exception into an unauthenticated response.
         *
         * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
         * @param  \Illuminate\Auth\AuthenticationException  $exception
         * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
         */
        protected function unauthenticated($request, AuthenticationException $exception)
        {
            if ($request->expectsJson()) {
                return response()->json(['error' => 'Unauthenticated.'], 401);
            }
            
            $guard=array_get($exception->guards(),0);

            switch ($guard) {
                case 'admin':
                    $login='admin.login';
                    break;
                
                default:
                    $login='login';
                    break;
            }
            return redirect()->guest(route($login));
        }
    }


    namespace App\Http\Middleware;
    use Closure;
    use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;

    class RedirectIfAuthenticated
    {
        public function handle($request, Closure $next, $guard = null)
        {
         switch ($guard) {
            case 'admin':
              if (Auth::guard($guard)->check()) {   
                return redirect()->route('admin');
                         }          
              break;

            default:
              if (Auth::guard($guard)->check()) {    
                return redirect('/user');
              }
              break;
          }
            return $next($request);
        }
    }

    <?php

    namespace App\Http;

    use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Kernel as HttpKernel;

    class Kernel extends HttpKernel
    {
        protected $middleware = [
            \Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\CheckForMaintenanceMode::class,
            \Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\ValidatePostSize::class,
            \App\Http\Middleware\TrimStrings::class,
            \Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\ConvertEmptyStringsToNull::class,
        ];

        protected $middlewareGroups = [
            'web' => [
                \App\Http\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class,
                \Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\AddQueuedCookiesToResponse::class,
                // \App\Http\Middleware\StartSession::class,
                \Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession::class, 
                // \Illuminate\Session\Middleware\AuthenticateSession::class,
                \Illuminate\View\Middleware\ShareErrorsFromSession::class,
                \App\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken::class,
                \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\SubstituteBindings::class,
            ],

            'api' => [
                'throttle:60,1',
                'bindings',
            ],
        ];

        protected $routeMiddleware = [
            'auth' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\Authenticate::class,
            'auth.basic' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\AuthenticateWithBasicAuth::class,
            'bindings' => \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\SubstituteBindings::class,
            'can' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\Authorize::class,
            'guest' => \App\Http\Middleware\RedirectIfAuthenticated::class,
            'throttle' => \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\ThrottleRequests::class,
        ];
    }



    RuntimeException in Request.php line 388:Session store not set on request.
    1.  in Request.php line 388
    2.  at Request->session() in ShareErrorsFromSession.php line 42
    3.  at ShareErrorsFromSession->handle(object(Request), object(Closure)) in Pipeline.php line 148
    4.  at Pipeline->Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure}(object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 53
    5.  at Pipeline->Illuminate\Routing\{closure}(object(Request)) in StartSession.php line 64
    6.  at StartSession->handle(object(Request), object(Closure)) in Pipeline.php line 148
    7.  at Pipeline->Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure}(object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 53
    8.  at Pipeline->Illuminate\Routing\{closure}(object(Request)) in AddQueuedCookiesToResponse.php line 37
    9.  at AddQueuedCookiesToResponse->handle(object(Request), object(Closure)) in Pipeline.php line 148
    10. at Pipeline->Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure}(object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 53
    11. at Pipeline->Illuminate\Routing\{closure}(object(Request)) in EncryptCookies.php line 59
    12. at EncryptCookies->handle(object(Request), object(Closure)) in Pipeline.php line 148
    13. at Pipeline->Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure}(object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 53
    14. at Pipeline->Illuminate\Routing\{closure}(object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 102
    15. at Pipeline->then(object(Closure)) in Router.php line 561
    16. at Router->runRouteWithinStack(object(Route), object(Request)) in Router.php line 520
    17. at Router->dispatchToRoute(object(Request)) in Router.php line 498
    18. at Router->dispatch(object(Request)) in Kernel.php line 174
    19. at Kernel->Illuminate\Foundation\Http\{closure}(object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 30
    20. at Pipeline->Illuminate\Routing\{closure}(object(Request)) in TransformsRequest.php line 30
    21. at TransformsRequest->handle(object(Request), object(Closure)) in Pipeline.php line 148
    22. at Pipeline->Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure}(object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 53
    23. at Pipeline->Illuminate\Routing\{closure}(object(Request)) in TransformsRequest.php line 30
    24. at TransformsRequest->handle(object(Request), object(Closure)) in Pipeline.php line 148
    25. at Pipeline->Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure}(object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 53
    26. at Pipeline->Illuminate\Routing\{closure}(object(Request)) in ValidatePostSize.php line 27
    27. at ValidatePostSize->handle(object(Request), object(Closure)) in Pipeline.php line 148
    28. at Pipeline->Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure}(object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 53
    29. at Pipeline->Illuminate\Routing\{closure}(object(Request)) in CheckForMaintenanceMode.php line 46
    30. at CheckForMaintenanceMode->handle(object(Request), object(Closure)) in Pipeline.php line 148
    31. at Pipeline->Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure}(object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 53
    32. at Pipeline->Illuminate\Routing\{closure}(object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 102
    33. at Pipeline->then(object(Closure)) in Kernel.php line 149
    34. at Kernel->sendRequestThroughRouter(object(Request)) in Kernel.php line 116
    35. at Kernel->handle(object(Request)) in index.php line 53