Laravel 5 session not persisting after user is logged in

Session::save();

$id = Input::get('id');
Session::forget('cart.' .$id);
Session::save();

'cookie' => 'laravel_session',

'cookie' => 'myapp_session',

Session::put('userData', 'value');

$user = Session::get('userData');

if($user->id) echo 'user is logged-in'; //or if($user) - depends on what you store in 'userData' key
else echo 'guest only privilegies';

'driver' => env('SESSION_DRIVER', 'file')

'driver' => 'file'

Route::group(['middleware' => ['web']], function () {
   Route::get('/home/login', ['as' => 'login', 'uses' => 'HomeController@getLogin']);
Route::post('/home/login', ['as' => 'login', 'uses' => 'HomeController@postLogin']);
   Route::get('/home/dashboard', ['as' => 'home', 'uses' => 'HomeController@getDashboard']);
}

'cookie' => env(
    'local_cookies',
    Str::slug(env('APP_NAME', 'laravel'), '_').'_session'
),

                public function testLogin(Request $request, $id){

                    $user = Account::find($id);
                    Auth::login($user);

                }

'domain' => null,

protected $middlewareGroups = [
    'web' => [
        \App\Http\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class,
        \Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\AddQueuedCookiesToResponse::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 $middlewareGroups = [
    'web' => [
        \App\Http\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class,
        \Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\AddQueuedCookiesToResponse::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',
    ],
];

loginUsingId(1);

loginUsingId(1, true);

<?php
    echo 'hello';
?>

<?php

/**
 * Laravel - A PHP Framework For Web Artisans
 *
 * @package  Laravel
 * @author   Taylor Otwell <[email protected]>
 */

'secure' => env('SESSION_SECURE_COOKIE', false)