Create Session => Content-Type is unsupported. You should use application/json instead
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https://github.com/clerk/clerk-sdk-java/blob/main/docs/sdks/sessions/README.md#create causes:
"Content-Type is unsupported","long_message":"Content-Type is unsupported. You should use application/json instead.",
ClerksTest > clerkTestingToken() FAILED
SDKError[requestMethod=POST, requestUri=https://api.clerk.com/v1/sessions/sess_39zfw909Yvg9iEfgxVGM1IC3iDf/tokens, code=415, responseHeaders={:status=[415], cf-cache-status=[DYNAMIC], cf-ray=[9d18d52f1b327a85-ZRH], clerk-api-version=[2025-11-10], content-length=[228], content-type=[application/json], date=[Sat, 21 Feb 2026 20:00:56 GMT], server=[cloudflare], set-cookie=[__cf_bm=n3QrywajChUuzq95LHZs9LQEGEAbiBUXSOnsvYOzg7E-1771704056-1.0.1.1-2Cbe4GAqRt42WHTgNj.ovn4H2GxUhfdHN_hWRcVpP1gGK49gGr_70K97pYTlGZ3GQbzi0uqCtHDIfHWH_XdCE1PdEMlXa0IpI83kYHZvyXE; path=/; expires=Sat, 21-Feb-26 20:30:56 GMT; domain=.api.clerk.com; HttpOnly; Secure; SameSite=None, _cfuvid=SClopz.8P6zvAeeE1aAfZADl7YHmmvqBWnJxWe0nv1c-1771704056345-0.0.1.1-604800000; path=/; domain=.api.clerk.com; HttpOnly; Secure; SameSite=None], x-cfworker=[1], x-clerk-trace-id=[ba15286b6af46c65de478848a7c3cb1f], x-cloud-trace-context=[ba15286b6af46c65de478848a7c3cb1f]}, message=API error occurred, body={"errors":[{"message":"Content-Type is unsupported","long_message":"Content-Type is unsupported. You should use application/json instead.","code":"unsupported_content_type"}],"clerk_trace_id":"ba15286b6af46c65de478848a7c3cb1f"}]
at app//com.clerk.backend_api.models.errors.SDKError.from(SDKError.java:35)
at app//com.clerk.backend_api.models.errors.SDKError.from(SDKError.java:29)
at app//com.clerk.backend_api.operations.CreateSessionToken$Sync.handleResponse(CreateSessionToken.java:217)
at app//com.clerk.backend_api.operations.CreateSessionToken$Sync.handleResponse(CreateSessionToken.java:133)
at app//com.clerk.backend_api.models.operations.CreateSessionTokenRequestBuilder.call(CreateSessionTokenRequestBuilder.java:77)
at app//dev.enola.common.auth.clerk.Clerks.clerkTestingToken(Clerks.java:100)
at app//dev.enola.common.auth.clerk.ClerksTest.clerkTestingToken(ClerksTest.java:14)
from:
public static String clerkTestingToken() {
Clerk clerk = Clerk.builder().bearerAuth(CLERK_SECRET_KEY).build();
var testUserID = "user_...";
var sessionID =
clerk.sessions()
.create()
.request(new CreateSessionRequestBody(testUserID))
.call()
.session()
.get()
.id();
return clerk.sessions()
.createToken()
.sessionId(sessionID)
.call()
.object()
.get()
.jwt()
.get();
// TODO Return a Closeable where close() revokes the token
}
Intended to be use in an integration test.
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Research direction
Start with CreateSessionTokenRequestBuilder.call and CreateSessionToken.java, where the failing stack trace shows the token request is built and handled. Inspect how the request Content-Type is set, then rerun ClerksTest.clerkTestingToken as the integration check; done means the session token request uses application/json without the 415 error.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100