Problem Definition

Sometimes cached authentication data in Confluence prevents users from seeing updated changes (such as group memberships). To resolve this, users will need to log out, clear their cookies, and log back in.

Suggested Solution

Create an 'Expire all cookies' task that can be run by users in the scheduled jobs. There is already a task that does this for expired RememberMe tokens.

Workaround

Please follow these steps to expire all cookies in Confluence:
Shutdown Confluence and backup your database before making any of these changes.

1. Run the following on your database. This will set the 'created' date for the cookies to 11/01/2015 (in epoch time):

   UPDATE remembermetoken SET created = 1446337357;
   

2. Go to -> cache management -> flush all
3. Go to -> General configuration -> scheduled jobs -> Clear Expired Remember Me Tokens -> Run
4. Restart Confluence
   If you've set the rememberMe token expiration higher, you will need to create a new date using epoch time that exceeds that period.