From 462ff6a942b81bf757a4e9325bf003e9cb1fa8ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ADmad <admad.coder@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 11:44:13 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Add IdentityHelper::getIdentity()

---
 src/View/Helper/IdentityHelper.php                | 12 ++++++++++++
 tests/TestCase/View/Helper/IdentityHelperTest.php | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/View/Helper/IdentityHelper.php b/src/View/Helper/IdentityHelper.php
index 6c2dc947..ca248536 100644
--- a/src/View/Helper/IdentityHelper.php
+++ b/src/View/Helper/IdentityHelper.php
@@ -120,4 +120,16 @@ public function get(?string $key = null): mixed
 
         return Hash::get($this->_identity, $key);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the identity instance.
+     *
+     * @return \Authentication\IdentityInterface|null
+     */
+    public function getIdentity(): ?IdentityInterface
+    {
+        return $this->_View
+            ->getRequest()
+            ->getAttribute($this->getConfig('identityAttribute'));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/IdentityHelperTest.php b/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/IdentityHelperTest.php
index b731f769..893418c2 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/IdentityHelperTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/IdentityHelperTest.php
@@ -91,4 +91,16 @@ public function testWithOutIdentity()
 
         $this->assertFalse($helper->is(1));
     }
+
+    public function testGetIdentity()
+    {
+        $identity = new Identity([
+            'id' => 1,
+        ]);
+        $request = (new ServerRequest())->withAttribute('identity', $identity);
+        $view = new View($request);
+
+        $helper = new IdentityHelper($view);
+        $this->assertSame($identity, $helper->getIdentity());
+    }
 }

From d3ab4fe081298773479805a71ced2d42a6a9344c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ADmad <admad.coder@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 13:00:01 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] Update docblock

---
 src/View/Helper/IdentityHelper.php | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/View/Helper/IdentityHelper.php b/src/View/Helper/IdentityHelper.php
index ca248536..2396afb7 100644
--- a/src/View/Helper/IdentityHelper.php
+++ b/src/View/Helper/IdentityHelper.php
@@ -103,7 +103,11 @@ public function is(int|string $id, string $field = 'id'): bool
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets user data
+     * Get data from the identity.
+     *
+     * You can use dot notation to fetch nested data.
+     * Calling the method without any argument will return
+     * the entire data array/object (same as `IdentityInterface::getOriginalData()`).
      *
      * @param string|null $key Key of something you want to get from the identity data
      * @return mixed

From 50e6f786ad1af46a933022a51af0f0cd44a9a6f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ADmad <admad.coder@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:24:05 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Use the _identity property

Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/View/Helper/IdentityHelper.php | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/View/Helper/IdentityHelper.php b/src/View/Helper/IdentityHelper.php
index 2396afb7..88da0cd7 100644
--- a/src/View/Helper/IdentityHelper.php
+++ b/src/View/Helper/IdentityHelper.php
@@ -132,8 +132,6 @@ public function get(?string $key = null): mixed
      */
     public function getIdentity(): ?IdentityInterface
     {
-        return $this->_View
-            ->getRequest()
-            ->getAttribute($this->getConfig('identityAttribute'));
+        return $this->_identity;
     }
 }

From cbc12d3717bcc91eef19c64594d97540b9aea51d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:54:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Initial plan


From c52efc232eae7831b36a1aafbf7d0fc981288971 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 09:09:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Add test for getIdentity() returning null without
 identity

Co-authored-by: ADmad <142658+ADmad@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 tests/TestCase/View/Helper/IdentityHelperTest.php | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/IdentityHelperTest.php b/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/IdentityHelperTest.php
index 893418c2..b41f0162 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/IdentityHelperTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/IdentityHelperTest.php
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ public function testWithOutIdentity()
         $this->assertNull($helper->getId());
 
         $this->assertFalse($helper->is(1));
+
+        $this->assertNull($helper->getIdentity());
     }
 
     public function testGetIdentity()