# Discourse search does not work unless you are logged in?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-search-does-not-work-unless-you-are-logged-in/27164
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [3. April 2015 um 16:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-search-does-not-work-unless-you-are-logged-in/27164 "2015-04-03T16:13:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![arlair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@arlair](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arlair)
#### Post date: [3. April 2015 um 16:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-search-does-not-work-unless-you-are-logged-in/27164/1 "2015-04-03T16:13:58Z")

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I’m not sure if I am missing anything here, but on meta, [roots.io](http://roots.io) or my own discourse, I cannot seem to get any search results unless I am logged in.

I tried this on desktop and mobile (using different internet providers). If I am not logged in, the searching icon appears, but shows nothing. If I log in, it does the same thing, but shows a list of results.

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### Author: ![thangngoc89](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/thangngoc89/32/115436_2.png) [@thangngoc89](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thangngoc89)
#### Post date: [3. April 2015 um 16:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-search-does-not-work-unless-you-are-logged-in/27164/2 "2015-04-03T16:18:39Z")

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The server response with 403 error and this message : `['BAD CSRF']`  
I think this is a valid bug 😃

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### Author: ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [3. April 2015 um 16:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-search-does-not-work-unless-you-are-logged-in/27164/4 "2015-04-03T16:34:43Z")

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Hmm, it seems like the BAD CSRF retry code isn’t working?

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [3. April 2015 um 19:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-search-does-not-work-unless-you-are-logged-in/27164/5 "2015-04-03T19:17:15Z")

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Yeah this is a new bug @sam and kind of urgent, if it prevents non-logged in users from searching.. confirmed.

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [3. April 2015 um 21:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-search-does-not-work-unless-you-are-logged-in/27164/6 "2015-04-03T21:03:32Z")

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Fixed per:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6f63f4fe1751a3963e496eaed7ef4a57d256035a](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6f63f4fe1751a3963e496eaed7ef4a57d256035a)

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [3. April 2015 um 21:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-search-does-not-work-unless-you-are-logged-in/27164/7 "2015-04-03T21:03:35Z")

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