Last modified: 2010-05-15 15:33:48 UTC
After logging in I will browse http://en.wikipedia.org/ and will appear as logged in on some pages and logged out on others. The problem started when I had to switch from cable internet to satellite internet (specifically DirecWay). - I Do Use Microsoft Windows XP: Home Edition (Version 2002, Service Pack 2) Mozilla FireFox 1.0.4. Internet Explorer 6.0. Windows Firewall - I Don't Use Ad-blocking software - Failed to Solve the Problem Turning off firewall Clearing cache Removing all cookies Specifying en.wikipedia.org cookies to always be allowed Unchecking the "Remember Me" checkbox during login Checking the "Remember Me" checkbox during login I have read on the Wiki help page that I may have a proxy problem. That seems very likely because satellite connections use proxy servers and I did not have this problem before I switched to a satellite connection--ruling out cookie/cache problems. I have tested on another computer in the house and received the exact same results as I do on this computer. Searching for this bug in Wikipedia's bugzilla yielded no relevant results.
I don't seem to have the problem on http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/ I changed the product from MediaWiki to Wikimedia web sites.
Yes, Yes! Same problem here. Also using DirecWay. Let me know if I can be of help in testing this annoying little bugger.
If the ISP proxy is causing inconsistent session/cache/header problems, it will probably occur on any MediaWiki site. Bugzilla is not a wiki -- it has just been styled to look like the MediaWiki Monobook skin. Changing product back from "Wikimedia web sites". The ISP may be able to explain their proxy anomaly, assuming that they know about it. Otherwise, can someone attach HTTP traces for good and bad page requests? (see http://livehttpheaders.mozdev.org/ )
Created attachment 736 [details] HTTP traces for good and bad page requests I hope the attachment is what you were requesting. The last request was the only bad one (showed me as logged out), the rest were good ones (showed me as logged in). Ugh! I hope I'm helping.
I have session/cache/header problems only on MediaWiki sites. I think there is a bug in the MediaWiki code, and not my ISP, that's causing the problem. Don't forget to check out the HTTP traces I attached to my previous comment, I hope that's what you were asking for.
related to bug 1396 possibly since all of a sudden, i am experiencing both.
Is the ISP using a caching proxy?
Yes, they use it to accelerate browsing since we're on a satellite connection.
Internet Explorer will attempt a special refresh if you press Shift+F5, but I don't think it works around this sort of proxy-cache problem. For that, you have to bypass the proxy, somehow.
I am having the same problem and am using Hughesnet satellite (formerly Direcway)but with a Mac. I will log in and will appear to be logged in but as soon as I click on any link, I am logged out again. This happens across all browsers. Latest versions of Firefox, Safari, Camino, and Explorer. I have cleared the cache, cookies, history, stored passwords, and have no firewall.
Kevin: that's just because your satellite connection has broken proxies which break many web sites, including Wikipedia. Disable the proxies or use the experimental HTTPS interface. Contact your provider for information about proxies.
thankyou, it was in the explorer preferences interface where i had to disable the proxies and it sets this parameter for all applications. Direcway has a help section that led me to the preferences. very cool...
WORKSFORME (both software and WMF). Isn't an issue with the software, but rather the ISP of the users, as Brion mentions in comment 11
