# Troubleshooting "BAD CSRF" error on initial site setup?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting-bad-csrf-error-on-initial-site-setup/97059>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [September 12, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting-bad-csrf-error-on-initial-site-setup/97059 "2018-09-12T17:23:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting-bad-csrf-error-on-initial-site-setup/97059/18 "2021-04-30T02:11:54Z")

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Glad you got it! Was the test site also behind cloudflare?

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