Node.js expressjs sessions don't stick in Firefox

Question

Node.js expressjs sessions don't stick in Firefox

I'm using express with nodejs and sessions don't stick in Firefox. The work fine in Chrome however.

I have my maxAge to 14400000 which I've read could be an issue since my local machine is on GMT, but still it doesn't seem to stick.

This is what I have configured:

  app.use(express.cookieParser());
  app.use(express.session({ secret: 'mysecret', store: new RedisStore, cookie: { maxAge: 14400000 }}));

I'm setting it simply by doing:

req.session.user = 'something'

Any ideas what this could be?

Thank you!

session
node.js
cookies
express

Answer 1

Try using req.session. regenerate(callback) when you first establish the session. It would look something like this:

app.use(express.cookieParser());
app.use(express.session({ secret: 'mysecret', store: new RedisStore, cookie: { maxAge: 14400000 }}));

var user = //Define your user

req.session.regenerate(function() {
   req.session.user = user;
   res.redirect('/loggedin');
});

Give it a try!