# Cookie bug with BigBlueButton integration

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cookie-bug-with-bigbluebutton-integration/162571
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [August 31, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cookie-bug-with-bigbluebutton-integration/162571 "2020-08-31T15:20:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cookie-bug-with-bigbluebutton-integration/162571/21 "2020-09-01T15:04:55Z")

</div>

Looks like we have a potential bug for @pmusaraj!

This definitely used to work, I will test it on one of my installs later.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Fausto\_Dassenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fausto_dassenno/32/166480_2.png) [@Fausto\_Dassenno](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fausto_Dassenno)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cookie-bug-with-bigbluebutton-integration/162571/22 "2020-09-01T15:24:12Z")

</div>

btw I have the same issue in Chrome and Safari.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cookie-bug-with-bigbluebutton-integration/162571/23 "2020-09-01T15:25:14Z")

</div>

Yep, it’s not likely to be browser specific, it’s more likely a change in Discourse or BBB is to blame.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Fausto\_Dassenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fausto_dassenno/32/166480_2.png) [@Fausto\_Dassenno](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fausto_Dassenno)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cookie-bug-with-bigbluebutton-integration/162571/24 "2020-09-01T15:44:44Z")

</div>

On a different note, is the group moderator config of the plugin working?

Edit: yes it does

Moreover on the browsers . The iframe solution works in FF but not in Chrome and Safari

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![pmusaraj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pmusaraj/32/119489_2.png) [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cookie-bug-with-bigbluebutton-integration/162571/25 "2020-09-01T18:44:59Z")

</div>

This was not an easy thing to track down (in part because I didn’t have a BBB server set up), but I found the issue. Chrome has changed its cookie policy and this affects BBB in the iframe. I see the below in my Chrome console:

> A cookie associated with a cross-site resource at `http://bbb.discourse.org/` was set without the `SameSite` attribute. It has been blocked, as Chrome now only delivers cookies with cross-site requests if they are set with `SameSite=None` and `Secure`. You can review cookies in developer tools under Application\>Storage\>Cookies and see more details at [Chrome Platform Status](https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5088147346030592) and [Chrome Platform Status](https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5633521622188032).

One way to fix is to allow BBB to run without cookies, I followed [Problems with Full Third-Party Cookie Blocking · Issue #9998 · bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton · GitHub](https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/issues/9998#issuecomment-675668529) and fixed it by setting `allowRequestsWithoutSession=true` in `/usr/share/bbb-web/WEB-INF/classes/bigbluebutton.properties` and restarting BBB via `bbb-conf --restart`.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Fausto\_Dassenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fausto_dassenno/32/166480_2.png) [@Fausto\_Dassenno](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fausto_Dassenno)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2020, 7:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cookie-bug-with-bigbluebutton-integration/162571/26 "2020-09-02T07:39:29Z")

</div>

Amazing , it works now!!

side question: does the recording work from a meeting started from Discourse? I was not able to have the button showing. It works when I start the meeting from the room from Greenlight.

F.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Hamidreza\_Saberi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hamidreza_saberi/32/194118_2.png) [@Hamidreza\_Saberi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hamidreza_Saberi)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cookie-bug-with-bigbluebutton-integration/162571/27 "2020-09-17T12:19:04Z")

</div>

> [@Fausto\_Dassenno](#):
>
> it works now!!

it works now!! tanks alot.

[Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cookie-bug-with-bigbluebutton-integration/162571.md?page=1)
