ERROR 400 Cookies too large

[TheForce]

Yesterday I started having trouble logging into the site. Kept getting this error. Not sure what changed but it was a problem on Google Chrome. No reboot Chrome or entire computer fixed it.
Asked Grok- Said this is a bug in XenForo - Chrome and suggested trying another browser. That's working. Now today, My MS Edge has the same problem.
Scott- this is above my level of understanding. Can you explain it?

 

[Foxbat]

Sounds like cookies aren't getting cleared when they expire. Interesting that it isn't affecting all browsers, so maybe something with Chromium and XenForo since you said Edge is also impacted.

Or, maybe it's the XenForo Crumbl tie-in:

Chocolate Toffee Cake Cup

A cake cup stacked with rich chocolate cake, silky caramel-infused vanilla mousse, caramel sauce, and crunchy toffee bits. Image has been food-styled for visual display only.

crumblcookies.com

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[navychop]

Naw. Reddy Kilowatt doesn't like you.

 

[comfortably_numb]

 

[harshness]

This problem pops up occasionally for me. Purging the Satellite Guys cookies usually helps.

Google "addressed" 131 bugs in Edge/Chromium this month and 80 in April, according to Bleeping Computer.

I'm not thoroughly convinced that they run the AI bug finders on their resultant code fixes.

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[Scott Greczkowski]

There have been so many Unix security patches the past few days that one of them may have screwed things up.

I just went into the web server software and changed the cookie size limit from 4K to 16k which should hopefully fix that for you.

Let me know!

 

[NYDutch]

Yesterday I started having trouble logging into the site. Kept getting this error. Not sure what changed but it was a problem on Google Chrome. No reboot Chrome or entire computer fixed it.
Asked Grok- Said this is a bug in XenForo - Chrome and suggested trying another browser. That's working. Now today, My MS Edge has the same problem.
Scott- this is above my level of understanding. Can you explain it?

You do know that Edge is Chrome based, Right?

 

[harshness]

You do know that Edge is Chrome based, Right?

One should never equate Chrome and Chromium. Chrome adds its own "personality" to the ClusterFuzz (one of Google's AI tools for identifying software bugs).

 

[NYDutch]

One should never equate Chrome and Chromium. Chrome adds its own "personality" to the ClusterFuzz (one of Google's AI tools for identifying software bugs).

Good point, thanks for clearing that up. Since both Chrome and Edge are both based on Chromium though, it's not surprising they might both have the same cookie issue.

 

[TheForce]

I just went into the web server software and changed the cookie size limit from 4K to 16k which should hopefully fix that for you.

Let me know!

Thanks Scott. Everything is working again. I figured you would know what was going on and know how to fix it.

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[harshness]

Since both Chrome and Edge are both based on Chromium though, it's not surprising they might both have the same cookie issue.

Pretty much most of the popular browsers other than Firefox are based on Chromium. There are a few obscure browsers like Tor that are based on Firefox.

Firefox isn't harmless in the bug game, but they have been using AI (Claude Mythos) for some time to iron out the wrinkles.