I have the same problem :) Try to dump Request::server() and find info about your connection

This example works for me:

if (Request::server('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO') == 'https')
{
   echo "secure";
} else {
   echo "unsecure";
}

I just had the same problem.

Are you behind a loadbalancer or something similar? We are using AWS Beanstalk with a LoadBalancer and the 443 is redirected to port 80. Request::secure() returns false even though the URI reads "https". Using a method similar to the above is what we ended up doing.

You might also look at : https://github.com/fideloper/TrustedProxy We still check the Request, but the proxy method helps.