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Why can't I search in Splunk ? "Splunk cannot authenticate the request CSRF validation failed"

maraman_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

I can no longer search anything on any local splunk instance from my firefox browser.

Firefox + plugins
Splunk 6.5.2 or 3
localhost installation
reinstalling Splunk doesn't solve the issue.

clearing browser cache also doesn't do anything for this pb.(like I could find in other posts)

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maraman_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Found out that even after reloading page, I would have the splunk popups appearing.

went through firefox/preference/privacy cookies -> 127.0.0.1 (the site I had problem with) -> erased all cookies under this

this make search work again !

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maraman_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Found out that even after reloading page, I would have the splunk popups appearing.

went through firefox/preference/privacy cookies -> 127.0.0.1 (the site I had problem with) -> erased all cookies under this

this make search work again !

joechakkola1
Explorer

thanks , that worked for me !

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