infinite loop going back to authentication page when using OAuth in MVC5

Question

I have written a webpage that takes advantage of Google/Facebook auth using MVC5 and OAuth.

Sometimes, I\'m able to auth very well using either Facebook or Google. It w

Answer 1

this is a major issue where randomly your application will start going into an infinite loop and some times redeploying the application makes it work but only temporary. the quick way i found to address this issue is using nuget package kentor.owincookiesaver as commented by @cooper. you should make a call to this class before cookieauthentication call in the owin startup class as shown below

app.UseKentorOwinCookieSaver();

app.UseCookieAuthentication(new CookieAuthenticationOptions());

Apparently there is a bug in owin and katana where your cookie just disappear and this fixes it.

Answer 2

To resolve this issue: you can upgrade your application to use ASP.NET Core. If you must continue stay on ASP.NET, perform the following:

Update your application’s Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb package be at least version and Modify your code to use one of the new cookie manager classes, for example something like the following:

app.UseCookieAuthentication(new CookieAuthenticationOptions 
{ 
    AuthenticationType = "Cookies", 
    CookieManager = new Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb.SystemWebChunkingCookieManager() 
});

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