When the authorisation cookies expire (CF_Authorization) it redirects the user to a generic error page. Image bellow [Screenshot from 2024-07-11 10-16-51] The expected behaviour is to show the refresh pop-up page. that happens when the Discourse _t cookie expires. Image below. [Screenshot from …

Other than breaking discourse, what problem is the cloudflare authorization solving? I thought that there was a site setting for how long discourse cookies last, but maybe it’s hidden.

[image] Jay Pfaffman: I thought that there was a site setting for how long discourse cookies last, but maybe it’s hidden. I’m not sure. The CF_Authorization is not a Discourse cookie. The problem is that the Cloudflare cookie triggers before the Discourse cookie _t.

[image] Jay Pfaffman: You can try changing persistent sessions or maximum session age. [Screenshot from 2024-07-11 12-00-47] It didn’t work.

[image] Jay Pfaffman: Why is the cloudflare cookie important? I’m not sure. I will try to get more info on that.

I think you’d need to delete your existing cookies after changing those settings. They will affect only new sessions and be cookies.

Still not working. I open the forum in a Anonymous browser and after deleting the CF_Authorization cookie the same generic page was shown.

Oh, sorry. I guess I don’t understand what that cloudflare thing is doing. Can you do without it?

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) July 11, 2024, 10:55am 4

You can try changing persistent sessions or maximum session age.

Why is the cloudflare cookie important?

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