fix: update authenticate method for step 1

[jgomer2001]

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Description

Target issue

closes #8480

Implementation Details

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Closes #8508,

[mo-auto]

Error: Hi @jgomer2001, You did not reference an open issue in your PR. I attempted to create an issue for you.
Please update that issues' title and body and make sure I correctly referenced it in the above PRs body.