Session resets on refresh when Session.save is set to 'cache'

Created by Kim Biesbjerg, 19th Jan 2010. (originally Lighthouse ticket #17):

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Session resets on refresh when Session.save is set to 'cache'. This is also an issue on Cake 1.2.

core.php:

Configure::write('Session.save', 'cache');
//Configure::write('Session.table', 'cake_sessions');
Configure::write('Session.cookie', 'CAKEPHP');
Configure::write('Session.timeout', '120');
Configure::write('Session.start', true);
Configure::write('Session.checkAgent', false);
Configure::write('Security.level', 'low');
$cacheOptions = array('engine' => 'Apc', 'prefix' => Inflector::slug($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']));
Cache::config('default', $cacheOptions);

I have Session added to the AppController's components and helpers array.

If I write to the session from the controller, refresh the page, and check the session - it's empty.

It also happens if Cache engine is File or Memcache.

19th Jan 2010, Mark Story said:

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You wouldn't happen to be using DebugKit would you? I don't have any issues with a stock install, but with DebugKit enabled my sessions are always lost.

19th Jan 2010, Kim Biesbjerg said:

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Hi Mark,

Yes, I am using DebugKit. I tried disabling it, and now it works! Good catch, thanks!

19th Jan 2010, Mark Story said:

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Cool, moving this ticket to DebugKit as its the session assassin.

[markstory]

Closing. I'm fairly certain this was caused by the stupid behavior present in 1.x that persisted the most recently used cache configuration.