session_starts sends duplicate Set-Cookie
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Description
Description
The following code:
<?php
session_id('mysessionid');
session_start();
session_write_close();
session_start();
Resulted in this output:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 15:51:57 GMT
Server: Apache/2.4.62 (Win64) PHP/8.4.0 mod_fcgid/2.3.10-dev
X-Powered-By: PHP/8.4.0
Set-Cookie: PHPSESSID=mysessionid; path=/
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate
Pragma: no-cache
Set-Cookie: PHPSESSID=mysessionid; path=/
Content-Length: 0
Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
But I expected this output instead:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 15:51:57 GMT
Server: Apache/2.4.62 (Win64) PHP/8.4.0 mod_fcgid/2.3.10-dev
X-Powered-By: PHP/8.4.0
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate
Pragma: no-cache
Set-Cookie: PHPSESSID=mysessionid; path=/
Content-Length: 0
Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
I tried with output buffering on and off. If I remove session_id() I cannot reproduce it again, but I only used it to create a reproducible example, as in the real project, it's sending duplicate headers even without it.
PHP Version
PHP 8.4 and Apache 2.4.62
> Apache/2.4.62 (Win64) PHP/8.4.0 mod_fcgid/2.3.10-dev
Operating System
Windows 10
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Research direction
No source file or test is named. Start by reproducing the provided session_id/session_start/session_write_close sequence on PHP 8.4 with Apache, then trace the session startup and close behavior responsible for the duplicate Set-Cookie headers; done means the duplicate is eliminated and a regression test covers the sequence.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- apache, php
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100