SolidOS / SolidOS/solidos

Login fails: This page isn’t working inrupt.net redirected you too many times.

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JavaScript
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Description

"This page isn’t workinginrupt.net redirected you too many times.
Try clearing your cookies.
ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS"

To reproduce: Let a logged in session expire.

This was when trying to log into timbl.com after a long time.

I raise this at the OS level while clearly it is a bug in the underlying authentication system.

Cookie:
nssidp.sid = s%3ATXNZfrQ2R7nB9ajLoMAXk3RbC20k8w9I.bHBcLTqvcTT0W1JIwNne5bS9QXtWITSl6j4OZZpWV%2FQ
No evident local or session storage.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the expired-session login flow described for timbl.com and inspect the redirect behavior and nssidp.sid cookie. Done means a session that has expired can log in again without entering an infinite redirect loop.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
authentication
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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