When Discourse is hosted from a subfolder (e.g. /forum) it seems that the cookie is still set to the root folder /. To me this sounds like a potential security issue. For example, if a forum is hosted in /forum and a WordPress blog is hosted in /blog, the cookie with Discourse session is sent also …

@neil I can give you access to my system remotely if it helps you debug. I am able to replicate the bug in the video every time.

I believe you, but subfolder debugging… ugh. Still working on it.

So you deleted your cookies but still have the problem?

[image] neil: So you deleted your cookies but still have the problem? yes … I wanted to make sure I did it … so I also recorded it in the video [ - YouTube]

Hmm, the problem definitely goes away for me when i’ve cleared cookies. Do yours look like this now? [image]

I reverted the other fix, so you should undo that change since it’s worse behaviour than before. I don’t understand what you’re seeing, or how to fix what I’m seeing.

[image] neil: I don’t understand what you’re seeing, or how to fix what I’m seeing. maybe its time for big boss @sam to step in !!

We are deferring on this for now. Running two instances of Discourse on the same domain in different subfolders is not a supported config at the moment. We may circle back to this in a few months, though.

[image] codinghorror: We are deferring on this for now. Running two instances of Discourse on the same domain in different subfolders is not a supported config at the moment. We may circle back to this in a few months, though. makes sense … being able to say 'No" creates a great product.

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vikaskedia (Vikas Kedia) June 21, 2017, 8:33pm 28

Yes !!

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