Client connection required, even when authenticate service is in browser

[FossPrime]

Steps to reproduce

1. setup feathers in browser with an authenticate service... no server needed
2. use feathers-authentication-client to interact/login to your in browser service

Expected behavior

Login success messages

Actual behavior

System configuration

Here is the only file I modified main.js from the vue init webpack template

// The Vue build version to load with the `import` command
// (runtime-only or standalone) has been set in webpack.base.conf with an alias.
import Vue from 'vue'
import App from './App'
import router from './router'

/**  start feathers stuff **/

import feathers from 'feathers'
import memory from 'feathers-memory'
import auth from 'feathers-authentication-client'
import hooks from 'feathers-hooks'

// Create a feathers instance.
const app = feathers()
  .configure(hooks())
  // Configure feathers-authentication
  .configure(auth({ secret: 'super secret' }))
  .use('/users', memory())
  .use('/authenticate', memory())

// Create a user that we can use to log in
var User = {
  email: 'admin@feathersjs.com',
  password: 'admin',
  permissions: ['*']
}

app.service('users').create(User).then(user => {
  console.log('Created default user', user)
}).catch(console.error)

debugger
app.service('authenticate').hooks({
  before (create) {
    console.log('auth created')
  }
})

app.authenticate({
  strategy: 'local',
  email: 'admin@feathersjs.com',
  password: 'admin'
})
.then(response => {
  console.log('Authenticated!', response)
})

// Create an in-memory Feathers service with a default page size of 2 items
// and a maximum size of 4
app.use('/message', memory({
  paginate: {
    default: 2,
    max: 4
  }
}))

app.service('message').create({
  text: 'Server message',
  read: false
}).then(function (message) {
  console.log('Created message', message)
})

/** end feathers stuff **/

Vue.config.productionTip = false

/* eslint-disable no-new */
new Vue({
  el: '#app',
  router,
  template: '<App/>',
  components: { App }
})

Module versions (especially the part that's not working):
feathers 2.2.0
feathers-authentication-client 0.3.3

NodeJS version:
8

Browser Version:
Chrome 61

Module Loader:
Webpack from Vue Webpack template

UPDATE:

The before Authenticate hook never fires... it just goes straight into the passport client connection error.

[daffl]

This has been fixed in Feathers v4 authentication. Please see the migration guide for more information. Closing this issue in order to archive this repository. Related issues can be opened at the new code location in the Feathers main repository.