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authorTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2021-01-02 19:56:54 -0500
committerMariusz Felisiak <felisiak.mariusz@gmail.com>2021-01-04 07:49:30 +0100
commit2e7ba6057cfc82a15a22b6021cd60cf307152e2d (patch)
tree60074c90404df54e319f408c3bc74098f601b871 /docs
parent3363cf42255b7a960902ab561613460ebe777331 (diff)
Refs #28741 -- Doc'd SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN requirement with CSRF_USE_SESSIONS.
Similar considerations as refs #32065, again adding some nuance to afd375fc343baa46e61036087bc43b3d096bb0ca.
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@@ -3167,6 +3167,10 @@ The domain to use for session cookies. Set this to a string such as
``"example.com"`` for cross-domain cookies, or use ``None`` for a standard
domain cookie.
+To use cross-domain cookies with :setting:`CSRF_USE_SESSIONS`, you must include
+a leading dot (e.g. ``".example.com"``) to accommodate the CSRF middleware's
+referer checking.
+
Be cautious when updating this setting on a production site. If you update
this setting to enable cross-domain cookies on a site that previously used
standard domain cookies, existing user cookies will be set to the old