Bizarre Bug with our Rails app in IE
- by Callmeed
We're experiencing a really bizarre bug in our Rails 2.3.4 app.
This bug only happens in Internet Explorer (7 and 8). Here's what happens:
A new customer creates an account at https://domain.com/signup/free (notice no subdomain)
Their account is identified by a subdomain like "example.domain.com"
After signing up, they get a welcome screen with a link to their account's home page
They follow the link, then click the "log in" button and attempt to login
Even though they provide valid credentials, the app redirects back to their account's root url ... they can never reach their admin area
The only way they can login (on IE) is by quitting and re-opening IE ... then it works fine ...
Something with their initial session is preventing them from logging in. If it matters, we are using restful_authentication and the ssl_requirement plugin ... I'm not sure if one or both of those has a problem with IE but we are stumped here.
Also, I've read IE has an issue with subdomains that contain underscores ... this isn't what's going on.