Cookie expiry date not set

Question

Here is my get:

protected string Identifier
{
    get
    {
        HttpCookie cookie = Request.Cookies[IDENTIFIER_COOKIE];

        if (cookie != null)
        {
            return cookie.Value;
        }
        else
        {
            cookie = new HttpCookie(IDENTIFIER_COOKIE);
            cookie.Value = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
            cookie.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddYears(1);
            Response.Cookies.Add(cookie);

            return cookie.Value;
        }
    }
}

When running my project locally, the cookie's expiry date is set as expected

But when I run it live, the cookie's expiry date is When the browsing session ends.

What am I doing wrong?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 09 '16 at 10:31

1

The problem was that my page was served on HTTPS. I had to specifiy cookie.Secure = true for the expiry date to be set.

answered May 09 '16 at 10:31

Arthur Rey

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 09 '16 at 09:52

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Before doing anything else, I suggest that you clear your cache and cookies.

protected string Identifier
{
    get
    {
        HttpCookie cookie = Request.Cookies[IDENTIFIER_COOKIE];

        if (!cookie)
        {
            cookie = new HttpCookie(IDENTIFIER_COOKIE);
            cookie.Value = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
        }Cookie.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddYears(1);
        Response.Cookies.Set(cookie);

        return cookie.Value
    }
}

answered May 09 '16 at 09:52

SiNONiMiTY

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make sure you are not in private browsing mode. – SiNONiMiTY May 09 '16 at 09:56
I can't see the difference with my code. You don't clear anything, do you? – Arthur Rey May 09 '16 at 10:00
you used Cookies.Add which allow duplicate cookies to be set, in your case, you should use Cookies.Set. Additional reading: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5517273/httpcookiecollection-add-vs-httpcookiecollection-set-does-the-request-cookies – SiNONiMiTY May 09 '16 at 10:02
`Cookies.Add` is used when the cookie doesn't exist in my case. – Arthur Rey May 09 '16 at 10:04

Cookie expiry date not set

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