"Login Loop"

[Clivey]

Is anyone else experiencing an intermittent issue where you're being logged-out every time they navigate within the forums?

Basically, I go to the home page, click "My Stuff" and get asked to log in (I'm thinking "Strange; my browser usually remembers."), so I do, then click on a topic under "My Topics" and get asked to log-in again. Try it a few times and eventually I can see the thread.

I have my "posts per page" setting set to maximum and I'm trying to read through a long thread at the moment...it's impossible because it keeps logging me out when I load the next page, meaning that I end-up having to figure-out where I was as the posts per page are then back to minimum.

[Clivey]

RacingPete said:

Hmmm... interesting - this is not something we have noticed here at PH Towers.

What operating system and browser/device are you using?

Hello.

I'm using OS X Mavericks (10.9.4) with Safari 7.0.5.

...though I've had to type this post using Chrome (same OS) as everytime I click "Post Reply" or "Quote", I'm taken to the login screen using Safari at the moment. I have tried resetting Safari etc. - no joy.

Thanks for any help!

[Clivey]

RacingPete said:

Just a quick update... I am still trying to source a version of Mavericks to test this with as work keep us on Mountain Lion - so will continue to try and investigate this.

Thanks. FYI it's working fine with Mavericks & Chrome.

[Clivey]

RacingPete said:

A Friday update...

Still investigating why the cookie is bouncing for Macs.

...though can't replicate it on Win 7 using Chrome, so suggest clearing cookies for that to see if you can fix.

Hmmm...I cleared the pistonheads.com cookies (didn't want to clear them all for work reasons), still the same.

- Reset Safari (again)...still the same
- Rebooted the machine (closing Safari first)...still the same.
- Cleared the cookies again...working normally.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

[Clivey]

Problem's back, same as before.

[Clivey]

RacingPete said:

Tis really bizarre... not seen any issues on my Mac today.

Indeed. I had no issues for a while and have not made any changes to Safari. I can't try to diagnose it now because I need to leave the browser open for work (I'm signed in to PH on Chrome) but might get chance to have a look into it myself over the weekend. Last time it appeared to be related to the stored cookies for the forum.

[Clivey]

It's weird because on my system at least, the problem seems to have disappeared for now! Are you lot all using the latest version of Safari (currently 8.0.3)?