Cookie value gets updated automatically

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Hello - Have a general question on using cookies in Postman, where the cookie value provided in request is updated by PostMan automatically and was wondering if that’s the default behavior or not. Here are the steps:

  1. Created a endpoint with a (request) cookie added and set value as “a”
  2. Once API is posted to server, lets assume that Server performs the action and returns the response along an updated cookie (e.g., value now set to “b” for the exact cookie sent in request)
  3. Since the response cookie has a value of “b”, would the next request being submitted have cookie value automatically set to “b” or will it still retain “a”?

At least in my case, I see that the cookie value got updated (due to server returning an updated cookie).

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Hi @ksubburam ,
Yes it is the default behaviour since value “a” was overridden by “b”. You can also validate the same via “Cookies” options under “Send” in your postman to see last updated value for your cookie.