# Authentication not working after a recent update

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/authentication-not-working-after-a-recent-update/52064
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 26, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/authentication-not-working-after-a-recent-update/52064 "2016-10-26T17:48:29Z")
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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/authentication-not-working-after-a-recent-update/52064/2 "2016-10-26T17:52:33Z")

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This happens when the reverse proxy isn’t configured properly.

Please try to add the necessary headers:

> [@Twitter, Github and normal username and password logins not working after upgrade](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-github-and-normal-username-and-password-logins-not-working-after-upgrade/51854/30):
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> I’m not seeing proxy\_set\_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy\_add\_x\_forwarded\_for; proxy\_set\_header X-Forwarded-Proto https; in that How To can you try it?

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