cy.setCookie is Not Setting Desired Cookie Expiry

[ghost]

Current behavior:

cy.setCookie is not setting the expiry as desired.

Desired behavior:

cy.setCookie sets the expiry that the code provides.

Steps to reproduce:

describe('Cypress Cookie Issue', function () {
    it('Expiry Problem', function () {
        let email = '[email protected]'
        let password = 'abc123'
        cy.createAccount(email, password)
        cy.login(email, password)
        cy.visit('/')
        cy.getCookie('jwt').then((jwt) => {
            cy.setCookie('jwt', jwt.value, {expiry: 10000000000})
            cy.getCookie('jwt').then((setJWT) => {
                expect(setJWT.expiry).to.equal(10000000000)
            })
        })
    })
})

Versions

Cypress 3.6.0, Chrome 78.

I started experiencing this problem when I upgraded from Cypress 3.2.0 to 3.6.0.

[jennifer-shehane]

Hey @toddmkemp, simplifying this test - it does set a cookies expiry and overwrites an existing set when the cookie is set on the same domain here.

it('Expiry Problem', function () {
  cy.visit('https://example.cypress.io/commands/traversal')
  cy.setCookie('foo', 'bar', { expiry: 50000000 })
  cy.setCookie('foo', 'bar', { expiry: 10000000000 })
  cy.getCookie('foo').then((foo) => {
    expect(foo.expiry).to.equal(10000000000)
  })
})

We'll need a more specific example of the issue that we can run on our computer exhibiting the exact issue before we can move forward.

[ghost]

Hi @jennifer-shehane,

I've investigated a little more and the issue is a little more complex than what I initially thought. Using a similar approach to cookie manipulation that you took, I wrote the following:

describe('Cypress Cookie Issue', function () {

    beforeEach(function () {
        cy.visit('https://en.wikipedia.org/')
    })

    it('Passes', function () {
        cy.getCookie('WMF-Last-Access-Global')
        cy.setCookie('WMF-Last-Access-Global', 'value', {expiry: 10000000000})
        cy.getCookie('WMF-Last-Access-Global').then((cookie) => {
            expect(cookie.expiry).to.equal(10000000000)
        })
    })

    it('Fails', function () {
        cy.getCookie('WMF-Last-Access')
        cy.setCookie('WMF-Last-Access', 'value', {expiry: 10000000000})
        cy.getCookie('WMF-Last-Access').then((cookie) => {
            expect(cookie.expiry).to.equal(10000000000)
        })
    })
})

The first test passes and the second one fails. The only difference between the tests is the cookie itself. Specifically, the domains of the cookies are different which seems to be what is problematic here.

Please let me know if you have questions or if there is anything else I can provide to help you diagnose the issue.

[ghost]

@jennifer-shehane : Did my latest comments provide any clarity on the matter? I'm happy to continue to investigate if you are still unable to reproduce the problem.

[ghost]

Hello again @jennifer-shehane. I saw in the release notes for Cypress versions since 3.6.0 that there have been a number of fixes for behaviour involving cookies so I upgraded to version 3.8.1 to see if that would fix this issue but I am still seeing the failure here.

Again, the only difference between these tests is the cookie itself, so I would expect both tests to pass.

Please provide an update on this issue.

[jennifer-shehane]

@toddmkemp I have confirmed the behavior you're explaining. There are a couple of other differences in the cookies, mainly one is secure: true and httpOnly: true while the other is false on both of these attributes.

it('Passes', function () {
  cy.visit('https://en.wikipedia.org/')
  cy.setCookie('WMF-Last-Access-Global', 'value', { expiry: 10000000000 })
  cy.getCookie('WMF-Last-Access-Global').then((cookie) => {
    expect(cookie.httpOnly).to.be.false
    expect(cookie.secure).to.be.false
    expect(cookie.domain).to.eq('.wikipedia.org')
    expect(cookie.expiry).to.equal(10000000000)
  })
})

it('Fails', function () {
  cy.visit('https://en.wikipedia.org/')
  cy.setCookie('WMF-Last-Access', 'value', { expiry: 10000000000 })
  cy.getCookie('WMF-Last-Access').then((cookie) => {
    expect(cookie.httpOnly).to.be.true
    expect(cookie.secure).to.be.true
    expect(cookie.domain).to.eq('en.wikipedia.org')
    expect(cookie.expiry).to.equal(10000000000) // fails here <---
  })
})

[ghost]

Hello again @jennifer-shehane . Thanks for investigating; glad to hear you were able to reproduce the problem. I hope that we will see this issue fixed in the near future! :)

[jennifer-shehane]

This is still an issue in 9.5.3

[emilyrohrbough]

related to: #20588

[cypress-app-bot]

This issue has not had any activity in 180 days. Cypress evolves quickly and the reported behavior should be tested on the latest version of Cypress to verify the behavior is still occurring. It will be closed in 14 days if no updates are provided.

[slieschke]

The setCookie() expiry is still broken on the latest version of Cypress (v12.12.0 as of writing):

it('Fails', function () {
  cy.visit('https://en.wikipedia.org/')
  cy.setCookie('WMF-Last-Access', 'value', { expiry: 10000000000 })
  cy.getCookie('WMF-Last-Access').then((cookie) => {
    expect(cookie.httpOnly).to.be.true
    expect(cookie.secure).to.be.true
    expect(cookie.domain).to.eq('en.wikipedia.org')
    expect(cookie.expiry).to.equal(10000000000)
  })
})

[cypress-app-bot]

This issue has not had any activity in 180 days. Cypress evolves quickly and the reported behavior should be tested on the latest version of Cypress to verify the behavior is still occurring. It will be closed in 14 days if no updates are provided.

[cypress-app-bot]

This issue has not had any activity in 180 days. Cypress evolves quickly and the reported behavior should be tested on the latest version of Cypress to verify the behavior is still occurring. It will be closed in 14 days if no updates are provided.

[cypress-app-bot]

This issue has been closed due to inactivity.

[slieschke]

This is still failing with the latest version of Cypress (v13.15.1 as of writing).

it('Fails', function () {
  cy.log(`Cypress version: ${Cypress.version}`)
  cy.visit('https://en.wikipedia.org/')
  cy.setCookie('WMF-Last-Access', 'value', { expiry: 10000000000 })
  cy.getCookie('WMF-Last-Access').then((cookie) => {
    expect(cookie.httpOnly).to.be.true
    expect(cookie.secure).to.be.true
    expect(cookie.domain).to.eq('en.wikipedia.org')
    expect(cookie.expiry).to.equal(10000000000)
  })
})