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Published Jul. 2, 2025

Liferay Cloud cookies

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Rodrigo Mier

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Issue

  • Description about the cookies used in Liferay Cloud platform and their services.

Environment

  • Liferay Cloud

Resolution

  • Google Analytics cookies:
    • _gat:
      • Numeric
      • It is used to limit the percent request.
      • Term: 1 minute

    • _ga:
      • Identifier
      • It is used to identify users
      • Term: 2 years

    • _gid:
      • Identifier
      • It is used to distinguish users
      • Term: 1 day

  • Liferay cookies
    • COOKIE_SUPPORT:
      • Boolean value
      • Enable autologin after the initial login. 
      • Persistent
      • Term: 1 year
    • GUEST_LANGUAGE_ID​
      • Language ID
      • It is used to identify the language
      • Persistent
      • Term: 1 year

    • JSESSIONID:
      • Session ID
      • It is generated by the servlet for session management
      • The ID is sent to the client inside a default cookie as part of the URL
      • JSESSIONID expires a session, that means when session expired or browser is closed or user logut, JSESSIONID will expire.

    • LFR_SESSION_STATE_userid:
      • Login time 
      • It is used as use session identifier 
      • Used to remember language preferences
      • Term: expire with the session

    • COMPANY_ID:
      • Instance Identifier
      • Term: expire with the session

    • ID:
      • Encrypted userId
      • Term: 1 year

    • SAML_SP_SESSION_KEY:
      • Authenticate the user and the unique SSO login
      • Term: expire with the session

  • Web Server cookies
    • dtLatC:
      • Numeric value
      • Measure the server latency to check the performance
      • Term: expire with the session

    • dtPC:
      • <serverID>$<randomValue>_<currentMillis>v<randomValue>e<eventCount>    
      • Needed to identify the right endpoint
      • Term: expire with the session

    • dtSa
      • URL encoded action name
      • It is used to save user actions between pages

    • rxVisitor:
      • Visitor Id 
      • It is used to correlate sessions
      • Term: permanent

    • rxvt:
      • Timestamp | Timestamp
      • Session timeout

    • SERVER_ID
      • Server identifier
      • It use to be used for load balancer or clustered environments

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