Authentication is lost after page refresh even with custom domain

[maiksfd]

Hey,

i recently started using Auth0 for my new project with Angular. As many others i stumbled over the refesh problem and found this FAQ: Why is authentication lost after refreshing my single page application?

In there using a custom domain is stated as a solution. However i still get this problem in some Browsers (e.g. Firefox). So even if im using a custom domain, the authentification is lost after a refresh.

Is this because im on localhost (atm for development) and my custom domain is something else (auth.DOMAIN.com) so this would go away in production? I would love to not be forced to use the local storage.

Best regards.

[marcelina.barycka]

Hi there @maiksfd ,

Does the problem happen only when you test your auth flow in a browser under restricted third-party cookies?

If yes, then

@maiksfd

Is this because im on localhost (atm for development) and my custom domain is something else (auth.DOMAIN.com) so this would go away in production?

would be correct.

For the time being, when you’re developing on localhost, you can consider creating a new alias for your machine under /etc/hosts by mapping it to your custom domain like this:

127.0.0.1 domain.

This change implies that you have to:

1. Run your application now by calling http://domain:port;
2. In your application codebase, find and replace “localhost” with a new alias;
3. In your Auth0 tenant → Applications → this app → Settings: replace “localhost” with a new alias where relevant.

Does this help?

[maiksfd]

Hey @marcelina.barycka,

thank you for the quick response.

I found the exact option in the firefox settings (block cookies for cross-page activity tracking) that causes the problem.

For now i added the alias for my machine and it works like a charm.

Thank you very much