That looks similar to a try/catch... You just called it if/else. Also, why can't you make the database request in the request pipeline, right before that "if(h

That looks similar to a try/catch... You just called it if/else. Also, why can't you make the database request in the request pipeline, right before that "if(hasAccess)" statement. You don't need JWT for this... You are already wrapping all of your controllers...