# \#cookies

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## [Cookie value gets updated automatically](https://community.postman.com/t/cookie-value-gets-updated-automatically/80546)

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**Author:** [@ksubburam](https://community.postman.com/u/ksubburam)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/cookie-value-gets-updated-automatically/80546 "2025-05-29T20:28:36Z")

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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: …

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## [Diferencias entre V10.24.27 en Linux y V11.42.1 en Windows 11](https://community.postman.com/t/diferencias-entre-v10-24-27-en-linux-y-v11-42-1-en-windows-11/79048)

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**Author:** [@ldelregueromartinez](https://community.postman.com/u/ldelregueromartinez)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/diferencias-entre-v10-24-27-en-linux-y-v11-42-1-en-windows-11/79048 "2025-04-22T15:23:04Z")

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Hola Comunidad!! Tengo instalado en dos sistemas operativos diferentes, estas dos versiones de Postman Version 10.24.27 UI version 10.24.27-ui-240731-0944 Desktop platform version 10.24.26 Architecture x64 OS p…

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## [Is it possible to downgrade Postman from 9.8.0 to 9.7.1?](https://community.postman.com/t/is-it-possible-to-downgrade-postman-from-9-8-0-to-9-7-1/31305)

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**Author:** [@cenkjc](https://community.postman.com/u/cenkjc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/is-it-possible-to-downgrade-postman-from-9-8-0-to-9-7-1/31305 "2022-01-06T14:00:14Z")

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I couldn’t find setup files in Postman site for previous releases, there are some until version 8 but versions start with 9 do not exist in release notes/upgrade page ( https://learning.postman.com/docs/administration/up…

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## [UI issue - cannot copy values of response cookies](https://community.postman.com/t/ui-issue-cannot-copy-values-of-response-cookies/66174)

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**Author:** [@sorateichman](https://community.postman.com/u/sorateichman)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/ui-issue-cannot-copy-values-of-response-cookies/66174 "2024-09-19T21:18:08Z")

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I’m having a technical issue in the Postman desktop app. I used to be able to copy response cookies by clicking into the field and copying the value, but for a couple of weeks it has been disabled. I see a disabled symbo…

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## [Trying to access the pm.cookies object shows an empty array](https://community.postman.com/t/trying-to-access-the-pm-cookies-object-shows-an-empty-array/67004)

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**Author:** [@swinster](https://community.postman.com/u/swinster)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/trying-to-access-the-pm-cookies-object-shows-an-empty-array/67004 "2024-08-27T19:32:18Z")

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I am trying to mimic a form login authentication using Postman as there are API endpoints I want to use that are only exposed using a standard GUI. The login process works just fine (a POST to an ASPX page with basic au…

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## [Why does Postman allow clear cookie only after request?](https://community.postman.com/t/why-does-postman-allow-clear-cookie-only-after-request/61603)

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**Author:** [@science-specialist14](https://community.postman.com/u/science-specialist14)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 10:06am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/why-does-postman-allow-clear-cookie-only-after-request/61603 "2024-05-30T10:06:52Z")

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When interacting with Postman, I needed to delete the Cookie BEFORE executing the request (pre request script), but it turned out that deleting cookies is only possible AFTER executing the request (tests). Please tell me…

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## [Sync cookies from the browser and use them in a script](https://community.postman.com/t/sync-cookies-from-the-browser-and-use-them-in-a-script/60540)

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**Author:** [@alexanderfanz](https://community.postman.com/u/alexanderfanz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/sync-cookies-from-the-browser-and-use-them-in-a-script/60540 "2024-05-02T15:09:46Z")

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I want to test my graphql API. And it requires an access token. Normally I just run the front-end in local and take the access token from a request header and paste it inside postman. Then I found Postman allows to sync…

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## [Cookie during Performance Testing](https://community.postman.com/t/cookie-during-performance-testing/58945)

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**Author:** [@joint-operations-ge9](https://community.postman.com/u/joint-operations-ge9)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2024, 10:24am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/cookie-during-performance-testing/58945 "2024-03-18T10:24:05Z")

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All good with my requests during manual sending. More over, Runner on Functional Tab (sequentially) all good too. But Performance Testing do not use cookies from Cookie Manager. Why?

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## [Performance testing where every VU uses own cookie](https://community.postman.com/t/performance-testing-where-every-vu-uses-own-cookie/56359)

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**Author:** [@jdtjee](https://community.postman.com/u/jdtjee)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 9:45am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/performance-testing-where-every-vu-uses-own-cookie/56359 "2024-01-17T09:45:03Z")

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I’m currently working on a collection, and I try to do a performance test. I run the test with 20 virtual users for 10 minutes. My requests however keep failing after the request has ran 1 time. I think it’s due to the f…

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## [Get document.cookie field value in html response body](https://community.postman.com/t/get-document-cookie-field-value-in-html-response-body/52634)

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**Author:** [@u9119](https://community.postman.com/u/u9119)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/get-document-cookie-field-value-in-html-response-body/52634 "2023-10-01T04:21:23Z")

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API response is a html body. it contains document.cookies in script tag. I want to get document.cookie.value of the field “gt=”. how can i get this field value using test scripts ?

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## [No cookie icon in Postman 10.17.8 footer/Ubuntu 20.04](https://community.postman.com/t/no-cookie-icon-in-postman-10-17-8-footer-ubuntu-20-04/51688)

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**Author:** [@fsung2023](https://community.postman.com/u/fsung2023)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 11:32am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/no-cookie-icon-in-postman-10-17-8-footer-ubuntu-20-04/51688 "2023-09-13T11:32:04Z")

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Postman interceptor is loaded in Chrome browser extensions, wondering why the cookie icon is still shown in postman footer…

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## [Pm.cookies.get('csrftoken') getting undefined](https://community.postman.com/t/pm-cookies-get-csrftoken-getting-undefined/46938)

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**Author:** [@mission-observer-114](https://community.postman.com/u/mission-observer-114)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/pm-cookies-get-csrftoken-getting-undefined/46938 "2023-05-02T09:52:57Z")

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Hello, I’ve been struggling to get the csrftoken cookie. My use case is I’m trying to set the X-CRSFToken header to the csrftoken cookie value before sending the request. It’s just a regular cookie that is stored in the …

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## [How to clear cookie after an Request](https://community.postman.com/t/how-to-clear-cookie-after-an-request/16280)

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**Author:** [@swasthik08](https://community.postman.com/u/swasthik08)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 4:54am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/how-to-clear-cookie-after-an-request/16280 "2022-11-17T04:54:56Z")

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I have a use case’s, where I need to clear cookies after some set of requests. but when I ran suite, cookies of 1 request is getting stored and the same cookie is being passed automatically in request headers. this is …

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## [I have to change cookies for every loop of request](https://community.postman.com/t/i-have-to-change-cookies-for-every-loop-of-request/37458)

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**Author:** [@spacecraft-cosmolog8](https://community.postman.com/u/spacecraft-cosmolog8)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2022, 6:12am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/i-have-to-change-cookies-for-every-loop-of-request/37458 "2022-07-22T06:12:45Z")

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I have a request and want to run for diiferent data from csv file and at same time I want to change cookies for every request I have added this in my prescript cookieJar.unset(“https://www.website.com/” , ‘XX’); cooki…

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## [Access Request Headers after hitting the request](https://community.postman.com/t/access-request-headers-after-hitting-the-request/36346)

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**Author:** [@maintenance-enginee2](https://community.postman.com/u/maintenance-enginee2)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/access-request-headers-after-hitting-the-request/36346 "2022-06-22T14:13:19Z")

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My question: Is it possible to access request-header after the request is hit? var Cookie = null pm.sendRequest("http://www.test.com/anuj", function (err, response, options) { //console.log(pm.cookies); console…

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## [Access Request-Headers AFTER hitting the request](https://community.postman.com/t/access-request-headers-after-hitting-the-request/36348)

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**Author:** [@maintenance-enginee2](https://community.postman.com/u/maintenance-enginee2)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/access-request-headers-after-hitting-the-request/36348 "2022-06-18T22:57:29Z")

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My question: Is it possible to access request-header after the request is hit? My pre-request script looks like : var Cookie = null pm.sendRequest("http://www.test.com/anuj", function (err, response, options) { …

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## [Http-only cookies](https://community.postman.com/t/http-only-cookies/35876)

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**Author:** [@altimetry-cosmologi9](https://community.postman.com/u/altimetry-cosmologi9)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/http-only-cookies/35876 "2022-06-02T16:20:27Z")

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Hi I’m sending a request from postman to my rest API in the request header, I’m setting a cookie that holds an access token string and setting it as http-only like this: however, when i send it and inspect the con…

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## [Cookie manager auto adding secure flag causing postman to fail for local env](https://community.postman.com/t/cookie-manager-auto-adding-secure-flag-causing-postman-to-fail-for-local-env/33783)

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**Author:** [@yoxem6](https://community.postman.com/u/yoxem6)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/cookie-manager-auto-adding-secure-flag-causing-postman-to-fail-for-local-env/33783 "2022-03-23T19:43:05Z")

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My question: I’m working with an API that generates a cookie upon login and until recently this worked without fail. As of today (upon updating postman) the cookie created includes the secure tag which means the cookie …

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## [Why I can still get cookies after clearing them?](https://community.postman.com/t/why-i-can-still-get-cookies-after-clearing-them/33337)

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**Author:** [@koshmariel](https://community.postman.com/u/koshmariel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/why-i-can-still-get-cookies-after-clearing-them/33337 "2022-03-09T15:42:27Z")

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My code is: var cookiesAll = pm.cookies.all(); console.log('cookiesBeforeClearing= ',cookiesAll); //clear all cokies const jar = pm.cookies.jar(); jar.clear(pm.request.url, function (error) { // error - \<Error\> }); va…

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## [How Postman auto generates cookies from a domain?](https://community.postman.com/t/how-postman-auto-generates-cookies-from-a-domain/29153)

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**Author:** [@rafael\_polonio](https://community.postman.com/u/rafael_polonio)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/how-postman-auto-generates-cookies-from-a-domain/29153 "2021-10-27T19:09:54Z")

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I’m executing a request on Node.JS that returns me an error, but in Postman i noticed that it works. The reason is that Postman auto generates a cookie and if I get this cookie generated and set in my Node JS code, it al…

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## [Cookies being saved between iterations?](https://community.postman.com/t/cookies-being-saved-between-iterations/5896)

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**Author:** [@Whersh](https://community.postman.com/u/Whersh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2021, 9:59am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/cookies-being-saved-between-iterations/5896 "2021-10-08T09:59:20Z")

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Describe the bug When running a postman collection through multiple iterations my cookie are saving and causing issues. I am just recently able to “Run collection without stored cookies”, which I have been able to do wi…

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## [I have a use-case where I have to login for different users. without clearing cookies, it'll fail. Currently, I have been doing it manually clearing all cookies but using this way I can not run in a runner](https://community.postman.com/t/i-have-a-use-case-where-i-have-to-login-for-different-users-without-clearing-cookies-itll-fail-currently-i-have-been-doing-it-manually-clearing-all-cookies-but-using-this-way-i-can-not-run-in-a-runner/16218)

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**Author:** [@swasthik08](https://community.postman.com/u/swasthik08)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/i-have-a-use-case-where-i-have-to-login-for-different-users-without-clearing-cookies-itll-fail-currently-i-have-been-doing-it-manually-clearing-all-cookies-but-using-this-way-i-can-not-run-in-a-runner/16218 "2021-08-30T19:50:03Z")

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I have a use-case where I have to login for different users. without clearing cookies, it’ll fail. Currently, I have been doing it manually clearing all cookies but using this way I can not run in a runner. Need a way t…

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## [Syncing cookies from Chrome to Collection Runner's Item Header](https://community.postman.com/t/syncing-cookies-from-chrome-to-collection-runners-item-header/26587)

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**Author:** [@joint-operations-pa1](https://community.postman.com/u/joint-operations-pa1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/syncing-cookies-from-chrome-to-collection-runners-item-header/26587 "2021-08-09T21:49:38Z")

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I am testing some websites for research. What i found was cookies like : =XSRF-TOKEN,\_aid, \_rid and cookies changes periodically. The Problem is when i tried running for long period of time like 2-3 min the above cookie…

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## [Error: read ECONNRESET while running postman collection](https://community.postman.com/t/error-read-econnreset-while-running-postman-collection/11231)

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**Author:** [@syamchandrank](https://community.postman.com/u/syamchandrank)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/error-read-econnreset-while-running-postman-collection/11231 "2021-07-07T18:00:42Z")

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i’m trying to run a web-service test Using CSV data files in the Postman Collection Runner . When i parameterize and give more than one value , for the 2nd iteration am getting the following error in the postman console…

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## [Cookies not getting sent with get/post request](https://community.postman.com/t/cookies-not-getting-sent-with-get-post-request/24937)

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**Author:** [@nicke7117](https://community.postman.com/u/nicke7117)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/cookies-not-getting-sent-with-get-post-request/24937 "2021-06-16T18:44:38Z")

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I’m currently using localhost:5000 for my backend and localhost:3000 for my frontend. When I log in I post login credentials to my backend and receive the auth-token as a cookie. I can see the cookie in “Cookies”. The pr…

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## [Delete cookies from Postman](https://community.postman.com/t/delete-cookies-from-postman/15778)

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**Author:** [@ksingh778](https://community.postman.com/u/ksingh778)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 8:29am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/delete-cookies-from-postman/15778 "2021-05-22T08:29:43Z")

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I want to delete the cookies from Postman using test cases. Cookie jar isn’t working. Please help.

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## [OAuth2 cookies not been sent on request](https://community.postman.com/t/oauth2-cookies-not-been-sent-on-request/23227)

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**Author:** [@tbenshalom](https://community.postman.com/u/tbenshalom)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2021, 10:16am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/oauth2-cookies-not-been-sent-on-request/23227 "2021-04-29T10:16:52Z")

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\[Postman app version 8.3.0\] Hi, I have an http application with Aoth2/OIDC Okta authentication. When I try to “Get New Access Token”, a login page popped-up and I fill in my credentials, then receive a new token. If …

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## [Postman Monitor not using cookies](https://community.postman.com/t/postman-monitor-not-using-cookies/23298)

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**Author:** [@ria08.dhanani](https://community.postman.com/u/ria08.dhanani)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2021, 11:46am UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/postman-monitor-not-using-cookies/23298 "2021-05-01T11:46:04Z")

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Your question may already have an answer on the community forum. Please search for related topics, and then read through the guidelines before creating a new topic. Here’s an outline with best practices for making your…

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## [Cookies not being saved after OAuth2 authentication](https://community.postman.com/t/cookies-not-being-saved-after-oauth2-authentication/19804)

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**Author:** [@psavage\_jtv](https://community.postman.com/u/psavage_jtv)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/cookies-not-being-saved-after-oauth2-authentication/19804 "2021-02-18T19:55:08Z")

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Hello, I recently updated my desktop client to version 8.0.3 from 7.36.0. When I was using version 7.36.0, cookies would be saved after receiving an access token from the IPD we use for authentication using OAuth 2.0. …

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## [V8 Cookie in Header](https://community.postman.com/t/v8-cookie-in-header/20214)

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**Author:** [@thomascurley](https://community.postman.com/u/thomascurley)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/v8-cookie-in-header/20214 "2021-02-09T13:49:47Z")

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I notice in V8 (latest) when I add a Cookie it no longer gets included in the Header cookie list Works fine in V7 (latest)

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