Mysteriously Logged Out

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Went to my discourse this morning and I was logged out. I went to login and I got an “Unknown Error”. I tried to reset password or use a magic login email, but got a “Forbidden” message.

After some investigation and rebuild on the backend side I determined this was entirely a front-end issue. Other users can login and use the discourse just fine.

I’m using the latest Firefox on Windows 11. If I use a private browsing window or a different browser, I can login and use the site without issue.

I cleared all my local data for the site in Firefox an then I was able to login using a non-private window.

However, a very short while later I was forcibly logged out again. I got a “You have been logged out” message. When I try to login again I see the “Unknown Error”. If I check the JS Console when logging in, there is an error that says: “BAD CSRF”. Something to do with the newest Firefox maybe?

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It seems to have resolved itself, for now…, after a second clearing of local data and a complete restart of Firefox. Still very strange.

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It was too good to be true. It only lasted about an hour. Now the “You were logged out” message has returned.

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Current suspicion is that a Firefox add-on is the culprit. Now using the process of elimination to find out.

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Sounds likely. I would try that.

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Hi @Apreche :slightly_smiling_face:

Did you manage to track down which extension it was?

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I honestly can’t say. The problem has been gone for some time now, and I have all my usual add-ons enabled.

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