Host several applications under the same origin

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Impacted environment

In which environment would the proposed feature apply ?

• The browser
• Node.js
• Other (please specify): ...
• I'm not sure.

Feature suggestion

Allowing several applications to be served under the same origin, under different paths/with different query parameters.

Expected functionality/enhancement

Multiple applications are served under the same origin without having side effects on each other.

Actual functionality/enhancement

Currently, only one application may be hosted under a given origin. If more than one application is served under a shared origin, there are undesired behaviours especially around silent login. For instance, visiting one of the applications will automatically trigger a login involving a redirection to the latest application the user has logged in for the given origin, rather than simply keeping the user logged out until they initiate login.

Use Cases

• Using personal GitHub pages to serve applications from several repositories.

Additional information

This feature has been requested as part of the conversation in https://github.com/inrupt/solid-client-authn-js/issues/1473, see additional details there.

Start by reading the related discussion in issue 1473 and tracing the browser silent-login flow described here. Done means applications under one origin can use different paths or query parameters without affecting one another, including avoiding an unintended redirect to another application's latest login.