I'm having a problem with sessions. I'm using Rails 2.0.2, and Firefox.
The problem is that the session_id sometimes changes while users are using the application. This makes it appear to users that they have been 'logged out'. Actually, of course, Rails just thinks it is dealing with a new user.
Below is an extreme example: I am viewing the login page of the application and just clicking the browser refresh button. You can see that I have a different Session ID on each refresh, even though the page and address are exactly the same.
Cookies are enabled in my browser and I can see the cookie stored on my machine (using the Firefox developer's tool bar.)
If I enter my username/password, I am NOT logged in, because the session ID keeps changing.
Here is the strange part: if I delete the cookies in my browser, the problem goes away: the session id stops changing and I can log in with no problem.
Once I clean up my cookies, the application works fine for an certain period of time. It could be a few seconds or all day. But eventually the session_id cookie gets 'corrupted' again, and I get logged out. I then need to delete the cookie to continue.
This is MOST annoying to my users. I need to solve this problem ASAP. Any thoughts, much appreciated.
-- John
Processing UserController#signin (for 75.127.142.66 at 2009-01-23 11:25:37) [GET] Session ID: bd27434ec1e39e52ebe2a2c7ae6a7adc Parameters: {"action"=>"signin", "controller"=>"admin/user"}
Request for client 48218343, freak
Rendering template within layouts/admin/standard Rendering admin/user/signin Completed in 0.01602 (62 reqs/sec) | Rendering: 0.00859 (53%) | DB: 0.00000 (0%) | 200 OK [https://www.freakystamps.com/admin/user/signin\] ### init fckeditor ###
Processing UserController#signin (for 75.127.142.66 at 2009-01-23 11:25:40) [GET] Session ID: e317a7548c97f38f2fb68fd4e0004add Parameters: {"action"=>"signin", "controller"=>"admin/user"}
Request for client 48218343, freak
Rendering template within layouts/admin/standard Rendering admin/user/signin Completed in 0.02941 (34 reqs/sec) | Rendering: 0.01595 (54%) | DB: 0.00000 (0%) | 200 OK [https://www.freakystamps.com/admin/user/signin\] ### init fckeditor ###
Processing UserController#signin (for 75.127.142.66 at 2009-01-23 11:25:44) [GET] Session ID: 04a5ae700f1a0e47748df3bbec4add21 Parameters: {"action"=>"signin", "controller"=>"admin/user"}
Request for client 48218343, freak
Rendering template within layouts/admin/standard Rendering admin/user/signin Completed in 0.03012 (33 reqs/sec) | Rendering: 0.01610 (53%) | DB: 0.00000 (0%) | 200 OK [https://www.freakystamps.com/admin/user/signin\]