419 error on login ONLY when session driver is "database"

public function up(): void
    {
        /* ... */
        Schema::create('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->uuid('id')->primary();
            $table->foreignUuid('tenant_id')->nullable()->references('id')->on('tenants')->cascadeOnDelete();
            $table->string('name');
            $table->string('email')->unique();
            $table->timestamp('email_verified_at')->nullable();
            $table->string('password');
            $table->rememberToken();
            $table->timestamps();
        });

        Schema::create('sessions', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->uuid('id')->primary();
            $table->foreignUuid('user_id')->references('id')->on('users')->nullable()->index();
            $table->string('ip_address', 45)->nullable();
            $table->text('user_agent')->nullable();
            $table->longText('payload');
            $table->integer('last_activity')->index();
        });
        /* ... */
    }

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=atlas
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

SESSION_DRIVER=database
#SESSION_SECURE_COOKIE=true
#SESSION_COOKIE="atlas_session"
SESSION_LIFETIME=120
SESSION_ENCRYPT=false
SESSION_PATH=/
SESSION_DOMAIN=null