Merge pull request #16915 from edx/jmbowman/PLAT-1858

PLAT-1858 Better capture of deprecation warnings

common/djangoapps/student/views.py

@@ -2437,7 +2437,9 @@ def auto_auth(request):
 
     # Log in as the user
     if login_when_done:
-        user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
+        backend = load_backend(NEW_USER_AUTH_BACKEND)
+        user = backend.authenticate(request=request, username=username, password=password)
+        user.backend = NEW_USER_AUTH_BACKEND
         login(request, user)
 
     create_comments_service_user(user)