Springboot + Axios JWT HTTPonly cookie is null - spring-boot

Question

I cant get this cookie verification filter to work in springboot. I can also see the cookie in postman but not browser.
I generate the cookie in the following:
#PostMapping("/signin")
public ResponseEntity<?> authenticateUser(#RequestBody User loginRequest) {
Authentication authentication =
authenticationManager.authenticate(
new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(loginRequest.getEmail(), loginRequest.getPassword())); // gets error here
SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthentication(authentication);
MyUserDetails userDetails = (MyUserDetails) authentication.getPrincipal();
ResponseCookie jwtCookie = jwtUtils.generateJwtCookie(userDetails);
List<String> roles = userDetails.getAuthorities().stream().map(item -> item.getAuthority()).collect(Collectors.toList());
return ResponseEntity.ok().header(HttpHeaders.SET_COOKIE, jwtCookie.toString())
.body(userService.findUserProfileUserByEmail(userDetails.getEmail()));
}
When a request is sent to a restricted access endpoint, it will be run through this filter in the SecurityConfiguration
http.addFilterBefore(authenticationJwtTokenFilter(), UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter.class);
This is the class:
public class AuthTokenFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
#Autowired
private JwtUtils jwtUtils;
#Autowired
private MyUserDetailsService userDetailsService;
private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AuthTokenFilter.class);
#Override
protected void doFilterInternal(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, FilterChain filterChain)
throws ServletException, IOException {
try {
String jwt = parseJwt(request);
if (jwt != null && jwtUtils.validateJwtToken(jwt)) {
String email = jwtUtils.getEmailFromJwtToken(jwt);
UserDetails userDetails = userDetailsService.loadUserByUsername(email);
UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken authentication = new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(userDetails,null, userDetails.getAuthorities());
authentication.setDetails(new WebAuthenticationDetailsSource().buildDetails(request));
System.out.println(SecurityContextHolder.getContext());
SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthentication(authentication); // throws error here
System.out.println("a");
}
}
catch (Exception e) { logger.error("Cannot set user authentication: {}", e);
System.out.println(e);
}
filterChain.doFilter(request, response);
}
private String parseJwt(HttpServletRequest request) { return jwtUtils.getJwtFromCookies(request); }
}
Here on line String jwt = parseJwt(request), it will always equal null.
I was told this may be an issue with the actual request itself, that it should contain {withCredentials: true} in Axios, though doing this raises other issues, and does not explain why this cookie exists and is visible in Postman.