Session hash is not saved on rspec tests

In my people_controller_spec.rb I have

before(:each) do
    @office = FactoryGirl.create(:office)
    @organization = FactoryGirl.create(:organization)
    @user = FactoryGirl.create(:user, organization: @organization)

    @request.session['user_id'] = @user.id
    @request.session['current_organization_id'] = @user.organization.id
  end

      

        
        
        
      

    

and i have this application_controller.rb

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base

  protect_from_forgery

  private

  def current_user
    @current_user ||= User.find(session[:user_id]) if session[:user_id]
  end

  def current_organization
    if session[:current_organization_id]
      Organization.find(session[:current_organization_id])
    else
      @current_organization ||= Organization.find(current_user.organization_id)
    end
  end

  helper_method :current_user
  helper_method :current_organization
end

      

        
        
        
      

    

The session hash session doesn't seem to be stored inside application_controller.rb, so I get these kinds of test errors when @current_user in application_controller.rb is nil

  6) PeopleController index sorts all people alphabetically by first_name
     Failure/Error: get :index, {search: {meta_sort: "first_name.asc"}}, valid_session
     NoMethodError:
       undefined method `organization_id' for nil:NilClass
     # ./app/controllers/application_controller.rb:15:in `current_organization'
     # ./app/controllers/people_controller.rb:107:in `get_orgs'
     # ./spec/controllers/people_controller_spec.rb:71:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'

      

        
        
        
      

    

I've already done everything, but I couldn't.

I am using rails (3.2.9) and rspec-rails 2.12.2

I RESOLVED THE PROBLEM AFTER SATISFACTION Devise Test Helper - sign_in not working

I just removed all calls to the valid_session method.