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Munu

(269 posts)
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 11:50 AM Jan 2026

Enable cookies?

I always have cookies enabled for DU, but lately I am intermittently unable to log in and get the "enable cookies" message.
I check and find they are already enabled.

Obviously I didn't have the problem this morning, but all yesterday afternoon. And several times in the past week.

I use Brave browser (Chromium based) with minimal customization, and Proton VPN.

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Enable cookies? (Original Post) Munu Jan 2026 OP
i am in brave now Tetrachloride Jan 2026 #1
Usually the best thing to try in a situation like this EarlG Jan 2026 #2
Follow up. Munu Jan 2026 #3
Thanks for the follow-up EarlG Jan 2026 #4

EarlG

(23,714 posts)
2. Usually the best thing to try in a situation like this
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 12:06 PM
Jan 2026

is to delete any DU cookies that your browser is storing. Once you reset those cookies, the problem will hopefully resolve. It sounds like you know what you’re doing tech-wise, so I expect you already know how to do the cookie deletion, but if you need assistance let me know.

Munu

(269 posts)
3. Follow up.
Fri Jan 2, 2026, 04:16 PM
Jan 2026

I still don't know exactly what the problem was under the covers, but I figured out it only happened sometimes when I got into DU from a link in a search engine. Then I looked closer.

No problem
https://democraticunderground.com/

Problem
https://en.democraticunderground.com/

Hope that helps somebody else.

EarlG

(23,714 posts)
4. Thanks for the follow-up
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 01:34 PM
Jan 2026

"en" is not a valid DU subdomain, so yeah, that would cause a problem. Glad you were able to figure it out.

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