Cookie is not set on localhost in chrome or firefox

Question

I am working with a Jersey server which returns a cookie in the following way:

return Response.ok()
    .cookie(
        new NewCookie(
            "userAccessToken", userTokenDTO.getToken(), "/", "", 
            "what is this", 3600, false
        )
    ).build();

When I call the method which returns the cookie, I get the following result in chrome:

I can even see that chrome has recognized my cookie:

But for some reason it isn't set in the cookie tab:

I have tried setting the domain both to false, null, "", creating an entry in the hosts file renaming 127.0.0.1.

return Response.ok()
    .cookie(
            new NewCookie(
                    "userAccessToken", userTokenDTO.getToken(), "/", "127.0.0.1",
                    "what is this", 3600, false)
    ).build();

Works in IE 11, but still not Chrome nor Firefox...

I have tried multiple time to insert another host name for 127.0.0.1. In this example it is text.myexample.com. It still doesn't work in any other browser than IE11.

return Response.ok()
    .cookie(
            new NewCookie(
                    "userAccessToken", userTokenDTO.getToken(), "/", "test.myexample.com",
                    "what", 7200, false)
    ).build();

I tried to do the following in the console of Google Chrome:

document.cookie = "userAccessToken=72bebbe0-44fd-45ce-a6e1-accb72201eff;Version=1;Comment=what;Domain=test.myexample.com;Path=/;Max-Age=7200"

Which is the cookie in the header returned by the server in Chrome. That works fine. I have literally no clue what is going on here.

Maybe this is related: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1134290/cookies-on-localhost-with-explicit-domain try in your hosts file put a hostname for your application, e.g. `127.0.0.1 myapp.local` and use it as a hostname. — Alexander Arutinyants, Nov 20 '16 at 18:30
I have already tried that with multiple different names with no luck. — Amnestic, Nov 21 '16 at 20:37
Its a issue with localhost only ,works well on other urls see below link here cookie works but in local it fails http://jerseyexample-ravikant.rhcloud.com/rest/jws/say/Hi — gladiator, Nov 23 '16 at 11:35

score 13 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 31 '21 at 11:13

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Turns out the problem was related to the fetch library I am using. If you do not include { credentials: "same-origin" } in the request, the response cookie isn't being set.

For more information, see: https://github.com/github/fetch/issues/386.

edited Mar 31 '21 at 11:13

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answered Dec 07 '16 at 00:57

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I used `{ credentials: "include" }` recently, and it fixed this issue for me. – Derek Lewis May 19 '21 at 15:42

gladiator · Answer 2 · 2016-11-25T10:20:05.307

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Its a issue with localhost only ,works well on other urls see below link here cookie works but in local it fails http://jerseyexample-ravikant.rhcloud.com/rest/jws/say/Hi

for localhost you can go with below .

return Response.status(200).entity(output)

                .header("Set-Cookie", "userAccessToken=toke;lang=en-US; Path=/; Domain=localhost")
                .build();

See the network tab

Response Headers Content-Length:18 Content-Type:text/html Date:Fri, 25 Nov 2016 10:19:15 GMT ProcessingTime:0 millisecs Server:Apache-Coyote/1.1 Set-Cookie:userAccessToken=toke;lang=en-US; Path=/; Domain=localhost

edited Nov 25 '16 at 10:20

answered Nov 23 '16 at 11:45

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Can i see the network request tab for the request setting the cookie? Your example isn't working on my own project. – Amnestic Nov 23 '16 at 16:23
added the image in original answer – gladiator Nov 24 '16 at 10:58

Cookie is not set on localhost in chrome or firefox

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