Login failed with request has arrived WITHOUT a JSESSIONID cookie
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Problem
Users are not able to login JIRA application and keeps getting redirected back to the login page without any error.
The following appears in the atlassian-jira-security.log
2015-12-28 09:57:47,662 http-nio-8704-exec-10 admin 597x173x1 - 127.0.0.1 /rest/gadget/1.0/login The user 'admin' has PASSED authentication.
2015-12-28 09:57:47,670 analyticsEventProcessor:thread-1 anonymous Setting JIRA Auth Context to be 'anonymous'
2015-12-28 09:57:47,671 analyticsEventProcessor:thread-1 anonymous Setting JIRA Auth Context to be 'anonymous'
2015-12-28 09:57:47,674 http-nio-8704-exec-10 admin 597x173x1 14nnevm 127.0.0.1 /rest/gadget/1.0/login Gadget login called with lastLoginResult : com.atlassian.jira.bc.security.login.LoginResultImpl@3fcc3085[reason=OK,loginInfo=com.atlassian.jira.bc.security.login.LoginInfoImpl@4f0efad5[lastLoginTime=1451267867635,previousLoginTime=1451267834825,loginCount=121,currentFailedLoginCount=0,totalFailedLoginCount=<null>,lastFailedLoginTime=<null>,elevatedSecurityCheckRequired=false,maxAuthenticationAttemptsAllowed=3],userName=admin,deniedReasons=[]]
2015-12-28 09:57:47,697 http-nio-8704-exec-8 anonymous 597x174x1 - 127.0.0.1 / There is no cookie header.
2015-12-28 09:57:47,698 http-nio-8704-exec-8 anonymous 597x174x1 - 127.0.0.1 / The request has arrived WITHOUT a JSESSIONID cookie
2015-12-28 09:57:47,706 http-nio-8704-exec-16 anonymous 597x175x1 - 127.0.0.1 /secure/MyJiraHome.jspa There is no cookie header.
2015-12-28 09:57:47,707 http-nio-8704-exec-16 anonymous 597x175x1 - 127.0.0.1 /secure/MyJiraHome.jspa The request has arrived WITHOUT a JSESSIONID cookie
2015-12-28 09:57:47,711 http-nio-8704-exec-16 anonymous 597x175x1 - 127.0.0.1 /secure/MyJiraHome.jspa HttpSession created [1wzw0uv]
2015-12-28 09:57:47,726 http-nio-8704-exec-11 anonymous 597x176x1 - 127.0.0.1 /secure/Dashboard.jspa There is no cookie header.
2015-12-28 09:57:47,726 http-nio-8704-exec-11 anonymous 597x176x1 - 127.0.0.1 /secure/Dashboard.jspa The request has arrived WITHOUT a JSESSIONID cookie
2015-12-28 09:57:47,729 http-nio-8704-exec-11 anonymous 597x176x1 - 127.0.0.1 /secure/Dashboard.jspa HttpSession created [6b5w9s]
2015-12-28 09:57:47,730 http-nio-8704-exec-11 anonymous 597x176x1 - 127.0.0.1 /secure/Dashboard.jspa Gadget login called with lastLoginResult : null
2015-12-28 09:57:47,731 analyticsEventProcessor:thread-1 anonymous Setting JIRA Auth Context to be 'anonymous'Diagnosis
- No SSL and/or proxy configured
- Username and password is entered correctly
Cause
There is an extra secure="true" argument in the <JIRA_INSTALL>\conf\server.xml file despite no SSL is configured.
<Connector port="8080"
maxThreads="150"
minSpareThreads="25"
connectionTimeout="20000"
secure="true"
enableLookups="false"
maxHttpHeaderSize="8192"
protocol="HTTP/1.1"
useBodyEncodingForURI="true"
redirectPort="8443"
acceptCount="100"
disableUploadTimeout="true"/>
Resolution
Remove the secure="true" argument and restart JIRA.
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