# Why does the cookie "sid" changes by every request after i'm logged in? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [January 24, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-the-cookie-sid-changes-by-every-request-after-im-logged-in/116790 "2018-01-24T03:00:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zjsun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zjsun/32/26865_2.png) [@zjsun](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zjsun)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-the-cookie-sid-changes-by-every-request-after-im-logged-in/116790/1 "2018-01-24T03:00:42Z")
Hi, Why does the cookie "sid" changes by every request after i'm logged in ? versions: x-pack:6.1.1 kibana: 6.1.1 elasticsearch:6.1.1 Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![rashmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rashmi/32/16391_2.png) [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-the-cookie-sid-changes-by-every-request-after-im-logged-in/116790/2 "2018-01-24T05:31:10Z")
Its a setting called `xpack.security.cookieName` which is set to `sid` -cookie used for the session. This cookie is valid through the entire session. Is Kibana behind any proxy ? Check you also check the proxy cookie/header is present in the request originating from kibana? Cheers Rashmi ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-the-cookie-sid-changes-by-every-request-after-im-logged-in/116790/3 "2018-02-21T05:31:33Z")
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