fixed the problem with SocialNorm, turned out to be due to bad config of session

config/session.php

@@ -192,6 +192,6 @@ return [
     |
     */
 
-    'same_site' => null,
+    'same_site' => 'lax', // this was changed, leaving it as 'null' caused session to be reset during oAuth2 login
 
 ];

sideload/socialnorm/socialnorm/src/SocialNorm.php

@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ class SocialNorm
 	{
 		$state = $this->stateGenerator->generate();
 
-		\Session::put('oauth.state', $state);
-		\Session::save();
+		$this->session->put('oauth.state', $state);
 
 		return $this->getProvider($providerAlias)->authorizeUrl($state);
 	}
@@ -50,8 +49,8 @@ class SocialNorm
 
 	protected function verifyState()
 	{
-//        if (\Session::get('oauth.state') !== $this->request->state()) {
-//            throw new InvalidAuthorizationCodeException("State failed to verify");
-//        }
+        if ($this->session->get('oauth.state') !== $this->request->state()) {
+            throw new InvalidAuthorizationCodeException("State failed to verify");
+        }
 	}
 }