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@chilly-king-10285 I am using self-hosted Kratos for my .NET project and I am trying to implement the login logic.. it looks something like this now: "Configuration config = new Configuration(); config.BasePath = <base_path>; var frontendApi = new FrontendApi(config); var cookieHeader = ctx.Request.Headers["cookie"]; var loginflow = frontendApi.CreateBrowserLoginFlow(cookie: cookieHeader); var flowId = loginflow.Id; string csrfToken = null; foreach (var node in loginflow.Ui.Nodes) { if (node.Attributes.ActualInstance is KratosUiNodeInputAttributes inputAttributes) { if (inputAttributes.Name == "csrf_token") { csrfToken = inputAttributes.Value.ToString(); break; } } } if (csrfToken == null) { throw new Exception("CSRF token not found in login flow"); } KratosUpdateLoginFlowWithPasswordMethod method = new(csrfToken, request.Email, "password", request.Password); var updateLoginFlowBody = new KratosUpdateLoginFlowBody(method); var result = frontendApi.UpdateLoginFlow(flowId, updateLoginFlowBody, cookie: cookieHeader);" .. I can see that I am getting the correct csrf_token from CreateLoginFlow but I am still getting "403 forbidden security_csrf_violation - "The HTTP Cookie Header was set and a CSRF token was sent but they do not match." .. any idea how to fix this?
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A message from kapa.ai
The error message you're seeing suggests that the CSRF token you're sending in the request does not match the one set in the HTTP Cookie Header. This could be due to a number of reasons, but one common issue is not correctly forwarding the
Cookie
HTTP header when making requests. When building a server-side application, you need to include the
Cookie
header from the client when fetching the self-service flows. Here's an example of how to do this:
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csharp export default (req: Request, res: Response) => {    // ...    .getLoginFlow({ id: flow, cookie: req.header("cookie") })   }
Without forwarding the
Cookie
HTTP header, you can't fetch the flow due to a security error. This prevents leaks of personal information when users copy and paste, for example, the login URL [source](https://www.ory.sh/docs/troubleshooting/csrf#accessing-apis-from-a-server-side-application). Also, ensure that Ory Kratos and your UI are hosted on the same top-level domain. You cannot host Ory Kratos and your UI on separate top-level domains. For example,
<http://kratos.bar.com|kratos.bar.com>
and
<http://ui.bar.com|ui.bar.com>
will work;
<http://kratos.bar.com|kratos.bar.com>
and
<http://bar.com|bar.com>
will work; but
<http://kratos.bar.com|kratos.bar.com>
and
<http://not-ar.com|not-ar.com>
will not work [source](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/self-service#initialization-and-redirect-to-ui). If you're still encountering issues, it might be helpful to review the entire login flow as described in the Ory Kratos documentation [source](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/quickstart#perform-registration-login-and-logout).
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@chilly-king-10285 I am including the cookie header "var cookieHeader = ctx.Request.Headers["cookie"];" in the CreateBrowserLoginFlow and also in UpdateLoginFlow.. and now I am hosing kratos and my app at localhost.. any other ideas?
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A message from kapa.ai
It seems like you're doing the right things. However, there are a few more things you could check: 1. SameSite attribute: If you're running Ory Kratos in
--dev
mode, it disables
SameSite=Lax
as Google Chrome rejects all cookies that have
SameSite=Lax
but have
secure
set to
false
. If you require
SameSite=Lax
, you need to run Ory Kratos with HTTPS and not use the
--dev
flag [source](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/debug/csrf#samesite-attribute). 2. Running over HTTP without
--dev
mode
: Ory Kratos' cookies have the
Secure
flag enabled by default. This means that the browser won't send the cookie unless the URL is a HTTPS URL. If you want Ory Kratos to work with HTTP (for example on localhost) you can add the
--dev
flag:
kratos serve --dev
. But remember, don't do this in production [source](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/debug/csrf#running-over-http-without-dev-mode). 3. Check the flow ID: Make sure the flow ID you're using in
UpdateLoginFlow
is the same one you got from
CreateBrowserLoginFlow
. The flow ID is used to identify the specific login flow and is required for the
UpdateLoginFlow
method [source](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/reference/api#updateLoginFlow). 4. Check the CSRF token: Make sure the CSRF token you're using in
UpdateLoginFlow
is the same one you got from
CreateBrowserLoginFlow
. The CSRF token is used to prevent cross-site request forgery attacks [source](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/reference/api#updateLoginFlow). If you've checked all these and you're still having issues, it might be worth reaching out to the Ory community for further assistance.
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@chilly-king-10285 1. I run Kratos from terminal like "kratos serve -c <path_to_config_file>", so I dont think it is running in the dev mode.. 2. I am using https ... I also checked 3 and 4 and they are exactly the same
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A message from kapa.ai
It seems like you've covered most of the common issues. Here are a few more things you could try: 1. Check your configuration file: Ensure that your configuration file is correctly set up, especially the
urls
section. The
self.public
and
self.admin
URLs should be correctly pointing to your Kratos server. 2. Check your network setup: Ensure that your application can reach the Kratos server and that there are no network issues causing the problem. 3. Debugging: Enable debug mode in Kratos to get more detailed logs. This can be done by setting
log.level: debug
in your Kratos configuration file. The logs might give you more information about what's going wrong. 4. Check your application logic: Ensure that the logic in your application is correct. For example, make sure you're not accidentally overwriting the
cookieHeader
variable somewhere else in your code. If you've tried all these and you're still having issues, it might be a good idea to reach out to the Ory community or the maintainers of the Kratos project for further assistance. They might be able to help you debug the issue.