This is on meta. On certain questions like  I see the question but unable to put my preference or opinion on it as it says I'm logged into unix.stackexchange.com and stackexchange and elsewhere. I'm not even able to get a correct login page for the meta.unix.stackexchange.com site. Going to  is also unhelpful. I also tried registering in the hopes that something might be broken or dis-connected and maybe I had to re-register again but nothing. It dumps me right back to the homepage. I don't even get any questions for signing up.   Can somebody help.  Update - It is a HTTPS-Everywhere issue. After I take out the two HTTPS-Everywhere rules about stackexchange it works.
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I can't seem to log in with my Stack Exchange OpenID. When I try, I get the error message:     Unable to log in with your OpenID provider:      The openid.return_to parameter (.) does not match the actual URL (.) the request was made with.   It works if I disable the HTTPS-Everywhere plugin in Firefox, but if I then re-enable the plugin and go to a site on which I am not logged in (in which case login is normally nearly seamless), it fails again with the same error message, or at least something very similar.  I'm not aware of having done anything that might have caused this, although I will admit I don't recall seeing https:// in the address bar on Stack Exchange before (I do now, and that's a good thing IMO!). I was using the site  and it worked fine then, but not now...
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I recently signed up for Area 51 with my stackexchange network account/ID, verified the account and logged in.  I see the main page  where I confirm that I am logged in.  I click on the discuss link on the black menubar at the top, which takes me to the discussion zone. From here I click on ask question, which asks me to add  a login even though I have already logged in with my stackexchange ID.  Here if I choose the stackexchange login option then it takes me back to the main page, from where the cycle begins again.
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Clicking on  doesn't connect me with the meta S.Ex.SE site.  EDIT: For some entry points, . Observation courtesy Gilles.  I consider it a pity that the devs have not paid attention to this issue nor have indicated that they noted the problem. While HTTPS is not yet official on this network, I refrain from using unencrypted connections. I can't participate in metas, oh well.  EDIT #2 (2015-11-07) - with the switch to CloudFlare SSL the problem looks finally resolved.  EDIT #3 (2015-11-17) - still getting 403 Forbidden from CloudFlare. D'rats!..  EDIT #4 (2016-01-11) - We're still there. It's 2016 already... Starting a bounty.
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Isn't StackExchange a network to build a knowledge base for Google? Or to help people?  Yes, it is. So why is there the Programming Puzzles &amp; Code Golf website? What problems are solved there? What questions are asked there?  None.  Therefore, I think Programming Puzzles &amp; Code Golf doesn't fit into the philosophy of StackExchange. It should or   get it's own domain be removed (though I wouldn't do that)   I would love to hear your thoughts on this!
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I've seen this question asked 3 times, but in none of those threads did I find a satisfactory answer.  I'm not asking about reputation: it makes sense that different sites should have different reputations.  However, consider the StackExchange drop-down menu at the top left of the screen.  When looking through the "Hot questions", the links are often to sister websites of StackExchange (programmers.stackexchange i.e.).  It doesn't make sense to me that if I go to one of those sister sites, I'm no longer logged in.  I feel like it's counterintuitive to click a link to go answer a question, only to find that you can't answer that question until you log in.  What is the reason for this?  Is there an option to do as I'm suggesting?
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Here's what is happening; everytime I go to Stack Overflow (stackoverflow.com, NOT meta) with Firefox, it gives me the "Welcome back" tab that pops up from the top. Whenever I click in the "click here to refresh the page" link, all it does is refresh the page without logging me back in.  Even if I try to log in using the "log in" button at the top, all it does is pop up the tab that says "Welcome name here, you're being redirected." The problem is I'm not being logged in, not to mention that it keeps refreshing the page over and over again without giving me a choice to log in with Facebook.  For some reason, I was capable of logging in to Meta Stack Overflow using Firefox. I am still unable to log in to Stack Overflow. Any ideas?
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I've found a strange thing: some Stack Exchange sites have their own domain names instead of https://[site name].stackexchange.com. The websites which have their own domain names are:          Are there any parameters for allocating specific URLs to Stack Exchange sites?
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I can't login to chat.meta.stackexchange.com. When I click the login link from inside a chatroom, the page reloads and I seem to be redirected right back to the room, without being logged in. Same when I click the login link from the topbar.  I've tried clearing all my cookies matching stack. This quite effectively logged me out of everything else, but it didn't help my situation on chat.mse. I also tried a , to no effect. I can log in successfully from an incognito window.  Any ideas?  Chrome 40.0.2214.115 on OS X 10.10.
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Just noticed the "meta user" link under the picture and reputation on the Stack Exchange user's page. It doesn't seem to work for all users. Error is "Page Not Found".   Not working:  /  Working:  /    My guess is this is because they've never logged into the meta site.
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How to reproduce:  Wander aimlessly into some meta site (either, logged on some other site or not logged at all) Try to upvote/downvote/do something that requires you to be logged in (this will trigger the login or create an account) Click any login option ... ....  What happens? You get a . What this silly user thinks should happen? Either, allow me to login or do not show me the box to login in the first place. Impact? All per-site metas.
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I just recreated my MSE account after having deleted it a few years ago. Now, I'm trying to log in to Meta Stack Exchange Chat, and whenever I try to do so, it just fails silently and I'm still logged out.  Additionally, in the same browser session that I'm supposedly logged out, I get a server error when accessing the chat homepage or the chat profile page of any user. I don't get any errors when trying to access any of these pages in a private session. I also was able to sign in to Stack Exchange Chat and Stack Overflow Chat without problems, since my accounts on SO and my parent site for SE chat haven't been deleted.  I think it might be because it's trying to sign me in to my old chat profile, which was not deleted, but that is associated to my old, deleted site account, which clash and thus cause it to fail.
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Update: Universal login is in place and considered &quot;done&quot;. If you see anything weird, please submit new bug reports.   As y'all know, our current flavor of &quot;global authentication&quot; leaves a few things to be desired. It's flaky, requires a page refresh, etc. etc. Wouldn't it be nice if you could just sign in once and be automatically logged in across the network?  We are ready to roll out Stage 1 of Project &quot;Make Authentication Suck Less&quot;. It is live as of a few minutes ago. What this means right now:  When you log into any Q&amp;A site on the stackexchange.com domain, you will be automatically logged into all other Q&amp;A sites on the stackexchange.com domain + stackexchange.com itself.   is excluded from this.   , , and other Q&amp;A sites with their own domains will still use the old flow.  We are going to recognize you in some ways on sites where you don't have a profile. This is still a work in progress, but most notably you will see &quot;join this community&quot; in the top bar instead of &quot;sign up&quot; and &quot;log in&quot;.   But I use multiple accounts! What do? We aren't intending to break the ability to run multiple accounts. The same guidelines as before still apply — we don't officially support that, you might end up with an accidental automatic merge if you're not careful with your credentials, any interaction between the accounts is right out, and so on. If you're already using different browsers or different browser profiles for your accounts, nothing will change for you. If you are somehow logged into multiple accounts in the same browser... I'm sorry to say, but that's a bug even for our current global auth setup. You will now only be able to log into one at a time, and you'll need to log out when you want to switch. (Or start using different browsers.) What's next:  Remember  we tested a few months ago? It's coming back. Stage 2: bring other domains into the fold (this is also live now) Stage 3: make cross-domain experience smoother and support browsers that reject third-party cookies in all conditions (looking at you, Safari) - this is not currently feasible. Safari users and users who reject third-party cookies will need to sign in separately to every second-level domain (e.g. stackexchange.com, stackoverflow.com, etc).  If you see any issues… Good luck, because you probably can't log in to report them here. =) But seriously, let us know via the contact form linked at the bottom of any page. If you are able to log in, report issues here on meta as normal. So, in conclusion…
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In preparation for the eventual deployment of full HTTPS support on Stack Exchange, and also to make the currently available "alpha" HTTPS support more usable, all links from Stack Exchange sites to other Stack Exchange sites should be .  Currently, at least the following places still feature links with explicit http: protocol prefixes:   the page footer, the "Hot Network Questions" and "Community Bulletin" modules in the sidebar,  (the site switcher menu is OK, though),   and, of course,   lots and lots of user-supplied links in post and comment content.   I've posted this feature request with the intent to provide a single central place for tracking these issues, rather than having them scattered across multiple meta threads.  If you find more places on SE where protocol-relative links should be used, please report them below.  I fully expect this request, in its full sense, to be treated as  for the time being; however, these issues do need to be fixed at some point before our HTTPS support is ready for "prime time".  Ps. Yes, the next release of  (v1.10) is going to include a general client-side fix for most of these issues.  In the mean time, the  plugin effectively provides the same functionality, and much more besides.
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Recently, every time I hit a new page in stackexchange, whether it be the list of questions in a given forum, or a specific question, I am getting a pop-up like this:   Your privacy By clicking “Accept all cookies”, you agree Stack Exchange can store cookies on your device and disclose information in accordance with our Cookie Policy. Accept all cookies Customize settings  I am able to click &quot;accept&quot; and it will go away, but it comes back as soon as I reload the page or view a new topic.  UMatrix shows it's a script from cdn.cookielaw.org and that it's trying to set a 3rd-party cookie. My guess is that since I'm blocking 3rd-party cookies and scripts, it just keeps trying. Given how bad we know 3rd-party cookies are, and how they are used to violate privacy, track people across sites, etc., why on Earth would Stack Exchange do this?
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This is absolutely unacceptable.  I logged in to my StackOverflow on a shared work computer. After logging out, no matter what I do, I am automatically logged back in whenever someone visits 'log in'->'Log in with Stack Exchange'  THERE IS NO OPTION TO ENTER LOGIN CREDENTIALS. Just '...' then I'm logged in.  I've looked through all the preferences and found no way to permanently log out. I've cleared cookies and rebooted the browser but the only solution is to restart the computer and wait a few minutes.   I'm all for usability over configuration, but is this for real?  Just thinking of all the computers I've logged in to SO on that could be divulging my private information is unnerving. This could be a massive security problem!  Why on earth would there be an unconditional autologin feature?  Someone bring me to clarity before I melt.
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On every other site on Stack Exchange I can click on the site's title and be taken directly to the questions...     Except Meta.stackexchange.com   Here I actually have to click on the word "Questions" as there is no link active on the Meta title and logo.  Now I agree this isn't a big deal, however as I typically visit stack exchange pages up to a couple of hundred times a day, this one that doesn't fit spoils my flow. I am pretty certain it used to work.  It works for me in Firefox, and Safari on iPad, but even closing and reopening Chrome doesn't fix the issue.  Chrome is on Version 53.0.2785.116
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I have a registered StackOverflow account which I normally log into using OpenID.  Recently I logged out in order to post a question anonymously (supplying a fake name and of my secondary email addresses).  The problem now is that I'm logged in to StackOverflow as this "dummy" user, unable to see a way to log out.  The top menu normally has a "logout" link, but when you aren't fully registered this link is replaced with "register".  There is no "logout" link for me. :(  So..   When logged out there is a "login" link. When logged in there is a "logout" link. When "logged in" with an unregistered account, there is only a "register" link (no "logout").