[ic] Session Dropping in High and Low Traffic

[Kevin Walsh]

> > > > 
> > > > Yes, I've been able to make that happen.  I've never seen indication of
> > > > it in a customer session, only in developer world.  Kill and restart
> > > > your browser.  clear sessions.
> > > >
> > > This usually happens when there are two catalogs on the same
> > > system and the interchange.cfg has "Mall Yes" in interchange.cfg.
> > > 
> > > Try setting 
> > > 
> > > 	Mall  no
> > > 
> > > in interchange.cfg (of course check the current setting if any).
> > > 
> > > You might also remove any unused aliases on the Catalog line
> > > for that catalog. The current makecat usually adds a /CATNAME
> > > alias that causes an extra cookie issuance in Mall mode.
> > > 
> > Why would that end up creating two different session IDs attached
> > to the same page?  I can't see how that could happen.  I know that
> > extra 'Catalog' aliases will create extra cookies, but I'm sure that
> > all session ID cookies will be served with the same value.
> >
> Not necessarily. If you happen to set a cookie that is valid for / on
> one catalog, and one that is valid for /cgi-bin on another, both will be
> sent when going to /cgi-bin/something and they will have different
> id values.
> 
Oh - I see what you mean now.

I was getting confused between which cookies Interchange sends to the
browser and what the browser sends back.  I'll shut up now. :-)

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