Logging in or registering occasionally hangs indefinitely.

[jaesung2061]

• Laravel Version: 7.22.2
• PHP Version: 7.3.10
• Database Driver & Version: Mysql v5.7.28

Description:

About 10-20% of the time, on both local and production servers, logging in or registering causes the browser to start loading (the spinner on the tab starts going), but never finishes. The request never times out. Refreshing the page logs the user in as intended.

I've made no changes to the default auth scaffolding.

This Reddit thread shows others have the same problem:

https://www.reddit.com/r/laravel/comments/hzguta/laravel_sometimes_hangs_on_login_or_registration/

Steps To Reproduce:

Attempt to log in or create a new account using standard Laravel auth scaffolding.

[driesvints]

Moving to discussions.

[WyattCast44]

I have experienced this behavior as well. Like the OP said, it does not happen frequently, I honestly figured it might have just been me. Good to know others are experiencing this as well. @driesvints please let us if there is any info you might need to for debugging.

Cheers 🍻

[Kaishiyoku]

Same here. Happens sporadically.

[reubenraj]

This happens with the default login page provided by Laravel. It does not happen with custom made.
When the process is hanged, if you refresh the browser, the user is logged in.
It is just like a method calling itself forever.

[hayleybech]

I have this issue, but for me it's closer to 100% on local (homestead) and closer to 0% on production. I couldn't say what changes I have or haven't made.

[joecampo]

I've noticed this behavior on all of my apps that I've upgraded to 7.22.4. Not sure if there is any correlation or not. Happens very sporadically. If you just refresh you're logged in. I've noticed this both locally (Valet 2.11.0) and in production (both PHP 7.4.8). I honestly thought it was just my machine/connectivity. I will try to investigate more on my end.

[codegeek1001]

It has happened to us also on a live server. However, for some reason, it happens only when you hit the Enter key instead of button click.

[brunogaspar]

After you refresh and what not, you're logged in, so, if you logout and re-login, does it still happen?

[codegeek1001]

No it doesn't happen then.

[Diddyy]

I have experienced this often on my own applications as well as other sites I know use Laravel. Never been able to trace the issue however!

[blair3003]

This issue is happening to me 100% of the time on my local application when I first try to log in. After refeshing the page I am logged in correctly and the issue does not happen again even if I try logging out and in again. Only the first time does it hang indefinitely.

[brunogaspar]

Managed to make it reproducible all the time on incognito, so definitely an issue.

Outside incognito i can't reproduce and works all the time for me.

Weirdest thing i notice, for me at least, if i hardcode the credentials that's passed to the attempt method and just fill garbage on the form inputs like asd@asd.com for email & asdasdadasd for password, it submits the form right away, but if i input for example password for password, it halts.

Doesn't seem to be the lottery thing, i've disabled it on the code.

Happens on the file, cookie and database drivers, at least for me.

Weird stuff 🤷‍♂️

[taylorotwell]

Any packages you are all using? Spark? Anything? I can't recreate so far on Forge or Vapor (both are running the new patch).

[Diddyy]

No packages. Fresh install of laravel with;

• composer require laravel/ui
• php artisan ui vue --auth

Just done a local application, fresh with the following and first time the browser is stuck on register after submitting, reload page and it then goes to home with user logged in.

PHP 7.4.1
Laravel Valet 2.8.1
Laravel Framework 7.22.2

[codegeek1001]

The interesting issue is that when it hangs, it is not sending any network requests to the server at that time, so it is not like there is anything that is taking too long from the server to respond. So weird.

[taylorotwell]

Important to keep in mind that the only thing the security patch did is add the hashed version of the cookie name into the encrypted cookie payload. It's hard for me to imagine how that would make the browser hang.

[Diddyy]

I had this issue before current patches, I however like others thought it was a local problem to just me.

[jaesung2061]

I've had these issues before the security patch. I just tried logging in on Safari (iPhone and Mac), Firefox, and could not replicate this issue. I'm starting to believe it's a Chrome browser issue.

[Diddyy]

I too am using Chrome

[reubenraj]

It's been there before 7.22 release. I am using WAMP server as my development environment. PHP 7.3.x It only happens on the first sign in. The rest of the time, it works well.

[jaesung2061]

I checked the network request and I am actually receiving a redirect/set-cookie response. It's the browser that's not doing anything with it. This has to be a Chrome issue.

[WyattCast44]

@taylorotwell I made a quick video showing this problem occurring while logging into the Laravel Nova dashboard.

Some details:

• Chrome Incognito Mode
• Windows 10
• After waiting for the page to process it will hang, after one minute I click "Login" again, it then throws a 419 page expired exception. But when I refresh the page, I am successfully authenticated.

This is the flow I had experienced multiple times, both locally and live applications, running various versions of Laravel. Please let me know if I can provide any other details that may help 👍

Video Link: https://youtu.be/F-44NRT8SEg

[brunogaspar]

This https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/16401014?hl=en seems to be a very similar if not the exact same problem.

[driesvints]

If everyone is using chrome then this indeed seems like a Chrome issue.

[JanickOtten]

I can confirm when switching the Chrome sync off, the issue doesn't happen and I get redirected immediately. Right after turning the sync on again, my Laravel app keeps hanging at login again.

[brunogaspar]

I just tried turning it off, made literally no difference to me.

[kgp43]

I have this issue as well.
Read some comments about Chrome extensions might causing the error.
Only got 1 extension, Tubebuddy. I disabled that and the problem is gone - at least for now.

[woodspire]

Same problem where. Also using chrome.

Will test incognito mode and disabling all extensions.

[woodspire]

Tried putting error_log() at the start of public/index.php to see if laravel is called and no, the log is empty and chrome wait for a response. Tried with firefox and I don't have the same problem.

Refreshing the webpage fix the problem. Logout and login works afterward until chrome is restarted.
Didn't test incognito mode and disabling any extensions.

[reubenraj]

Has anyone able to find a solution to this yet?

[kgp43]

Has anyone able to find a solution to this yet?

I disabled a chrome extesion (Tubebuddy) and the problem is gone.
I'm 99% sure the problem is related to Chrome Extensions.

[ospira]

I hope this isn't unhelpful, but I have the exact same behavior in Laravel 5.8...

As the others have mentioned, if I create a new incognito window, navigate to the registration page, and submit my registration form it will occasionally hang and process the request forever, but when this happens I can see in the database and on refresh or open in a new incognito tab that I have successfully registered. So the registration works it just doesn't return properly. Also if I then logout and try to register/login again, it never happens. That is, once it register/login once in a "session" it doesn't seem to happen again.

[Brettk80]

Same issue on Laravel 8.03 with jetSream.
With local host, local host DNS resolution, port 8000, port 8080.
PHP 7.4.10
npm 6.14.7
node v14.9.0
Chrome Version 85.0.4183.83 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Tested with plug-ins disabled and within incognito mode.

[ZayRTun]

Same here on Laravel 8 using valet. And it happens only in Chrome and also in incognito mode but not on Firefox.

[zanstro]

Same problem here as well. Laravel 8.11.2 running locally with Valet, PHP 7.4.11.

Is it actually a Laravel issue or a Chrome one?

[kgp43]

I'm 99% sure it's related to Chrome Extensions.
Personally I disabled Tubebutty Extention, and have not experienced the problem since.

[zanstro]

Hmm the video of @WyattCast44 though shows it happen in incognito mode. The extensions are not enabled in incognito.

[ZayRTun]

I had the same issue but fortunately I was using livewire so i used it login and register.

[tomspeak]

Can also confirm that I face this very regularly on Laravel 8, only on Chrome in both incognito (extensions disabled) and a normal Chrome profile.

Is there any information I can provide to help track down the cause of this? I can't say I've ever experienced this on any other websites.

[beschoenen]

I have this problem ever so often on a Laravel 5.8 application with PHP 7.1.

[jasminetracey]

I am also facing this in production with fortify, laravel 8. My site is hosted with forge.

[umitmutlu]

I faced the same issue and was having this issue only on google chrome. There was no problem with incognito tab or any other browser. I cleared the browsing data of google chrome and the problem went away.