Article - CS253747
Deprecate HTTP Basic Authentication in favor of FormLogin and Custom Authenticators in ThingWorx Platform
Modified: 28-Aug-2023
Applies To
- ThingWorx Platform 8.3 to 9.4
Description
- Default authentication mechanism in ThingWorx Platform should be more reliable
- HTTP Basic Authentication should be deprecated in favor of a more reliable authentication mechanism for ThingWorx
- HTTP Basic Authentication is not working properly and requires a user to login multiple times
- Having to login multiple times even though there is nothing wrong with username or password.
- After typing correct password (use copy/paste to ensure accuracy), login prompt still asks for credentials a second time
- Login prompt keeps returning after the session is timed out in ThingWorx
- When the user does not use the application for a certain while, the login is asked again
- This time, the login prompt comes multiple times
- When the user does not use the application for a certain while, the login is asked again
- ThingworxBasicAuthenticator (BasicHTTPAuthenticator) requires multiple entries of user credentials to authenticate into ThingWorx Composer
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