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  1. Jenkins
  2. JENKINS-25046

Cookie header too long, causing a 413 HTTP error

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    • Jenkins 2.184

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      Each time Jenkins (re)starts, its session-cookie name changes (ie JSESSIONID.some_random_string).

      After a while, the browser have a bunch of session cookies, each one having a different name, causing the "Cookie" request header to be very long. The server returns a HTTP 413 response and a blank page. The user must clean his cookies in order to access Jenkins again.

       

      Workaround: Since Jenkins 2.66 there are custom options for managing Jetty session IDs: https://github.com/jenkinsci/extras-executable-war/#jetty-session-ids

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          is duplicated by

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JENKINS-36880 WARNING: badMessage: 413 for HttpChannelOverHttp and WARNING: Header is too large >8192

          • Critical - Crashes, loss of data, severe memory leak.
          • Resolved

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JENKINS-36993 Cookie header too long, causing a 413 HTTP error

          • Critical - Crashes, loss of data, severe memory leak.
          • Resolved

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JENKINS-43927 Unable to login due to too many jsessionids creating a too large header

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Resolved

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JENKINS-45449 "Bad Message 431" everywhere

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed
          is related to

          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. JENKINS-44894 Make Jetty Session ID configurable via System properties

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Resolved
          links to

          Web Link acceptance-test-harness PR-497

          Web Link CloudBees Internal OSS-2226

          Web Link PR

          Web Link PR-3939

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