Item6744: After login, URL parameters are not restored.

Say I'm viewing a page that has numerous URL parameters passed in. I then login. When the login process returns me to the original page, all of my URL parameters are gone so the page doesn't display correctly since it is dependent on the URL parameters.

-- TWiki:Main/TaitCyrus - 2011-06-02

I can't reproduce this. Try this:

• See http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/viewauth/Plugins/SpreadSheetPlugin?formula=%24UPPER%28This+is+a+test%29 - it forces auth using viewauth; it shows all caps "THIS IS A TEST".
• Logout from twiki.org.
• Visit http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/viewauth/Plugins/SpreadSheetPlugin?formula=%24UPPER%28This+is+a+test%29 again.
• You are prompted to login.
• After login you see all caps "THIS IS A TEST", e.g. URL parameter is retained. The URL actually shows parameter twiki_redirect_cache=<hexnum> to catch the parameters temporarily stored on the server.

-- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny - 2011-06-02

To reproduce:

• log out of TWiki.org
• Visit http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/SpreadSheetPlugin?formula=%24UPPER%28This%20is%20a%20test%29
• from this page log in (Account -> Log in)

When you are returned to the original page (SpreadSheetPlugin), all URL parameters are gone.

-- TaitCyrus - 2011-06-03

I tested, the logout removes the parameters. If you are logged out and click on the URL with parameters it works as expected, e.g. parameters are retained through the login process. Question is, do we need/want to retain the parameters on logout? One can argue both ways.

-- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny - 2011-06-03

Did you mean to say 'login' instead of 'logout'? From my 'how to reproduce', you are already logged out and then you go to a URL with URL parameters. When I login these parameters are lost. So this doesn't have anything to do with logout.

-- TaitCyrus - 2011-06-06

I meant logout. Using viewauth and login as non-auth user works for me as expected, e.g. URL params are retained through the login cycle.

Steps taken:

To reproduce:

• Login on TWiki.org
• Visit http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/SpreadSheetPlugin?formula=%24UPPER%28This%20is%20a%20test%29
• You see all caps THIS IS A TEST (as expected)

• Logout using "Log Out" link in Account pulldown
• Browser takes you to http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/SpreadSheetPlugin - e.g. no URL params (questionable if logout should retain the params)

• Visit http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/SpreadSheetPlugin?formula=%24UPPER%28This%20is%20a%20test%29 (as guest)
• You see all caps THIS IS A TEST (as expected)
• Login using "Log In" link in Account pulldown
• URL params are lost (should be fixed)

• Logout using "Log Out" link in Account pulldown
• Visit again http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/SpreadSheetPlugin?formula=%24UPPER%28This%20is%20a%20test%29 (as guest)
• You see all caps THIS IS A TEST (as expected)
• Login using http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/login/Plugins/SpreadSheetPlugin?formula=%24UPPER%28This%20is%20a%20test%29
• You see all caps THIS IS A TEST (as expected)

• Logout using "Log Out" link in Account pulldown
• Visit again http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/SpreadSheetPlugin?formula=%24UPPER%28This%20is%20a%20test%29 (as guest)
• You see all caps THIS IS A TEST (as expected)
• Login using http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/viewauth/Plugins/SpreadSheetPlugin?formula=%24UPPER%28This%20is%20a%20test%29
• You see all caps THIS IS A TEST (as expected)

So, there is an issue, the login link in the Account pulldown should take the URL params into consideration. I am marking this as confirmed.

-- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny - 2011-06-06