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Name: CraftSessionId

Description: Craft relies on PHP sessions to maintain sessions across web requests. That is done via the PHP session cookie. Craft names that cookie “CraftSessionId” by default, but it can be renamed via the phpSessionId config setting. This cookie will expire as soon as the session expires.

Provider: this site

Expiry: Session

Name: *_identity

Description: When you log into the Control Panel, you will get an authentication cookie used to maintain your authenticated state. The cookie name is prefixed with a long, randomly generated string, followed by _identity. The cookie only stores information necessary to maintain a secure, authenticated session and will only exist for as long as the user is authenticated in Craft.

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Expiry: Persistent

Name: *_username

Description: If you check the "Keep me logged in" option during login, this cookie is used to remember the username for your next authentication.

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Expiry: Persistent

Name: CRAFT_CSRF_TOKEN

Description: Protects us and you as a user against Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.

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Expiry: Session

Name: cookie-consent

Description: Used to store cookie consent settings

Provider: this site

Expiry: 1 Year

Name: marketing-opt-out

Description: Used to block marketing cookies if set to true

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Expiry: Never

Name: statistics-opt-out

Description: Used to block statistic cookies if set to true

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Expiry: Never

Name: _gat_gtag_UA_*

Description: Used to store a unique user ID for Google Analytics

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Expiry: 1 minute

Name: _gid

Description: Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.

Provider: this site

Expiry: 1 day

Name: _ga

Description: The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.

Provider: this site

Expiry: 2 years

Name: ai_user

Description: A unique user identifier cookie, set by Microsoft Application Insights software, that enables counting of the number of users accessing the application over time.

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Expiry: 1 year

Name: ai_session

Description: This is a unique anonymous session identifier cookie set by Microsoft Application Insights software to gather statistical usage and telemetry data for apps built on the Azure cloud platform.

Provider: this site

Expiry: 30 minutes