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  1. Jira Data Center
  2. JRASERVER-70471

Implement SameSite policy support

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    • We collect Jira feedback from various sources, and we evaluate what we've collected when planning our product roadmap. To understand how this piece of feedback will be reviewed, see our Implementation of New Features Policy.

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      Problem Definition

      Starting in February 2020, Chrome version 80 (and later Firefox and IE as well) will start enforcing different requirements on cross-site cookies:

      • The new secure-by-default model assumes all cookies should be protected from external access unless otherwise specified. Developers must use a new cookie setting, `SameSite=None`, to designate cookies for cross-site access.
      • With Chrome 80 will treat cookies that have no declared SameSite value as `SameSite=Lax` cookies.

      Warning from the console:

      Reference https://blog.chromium.org/2019/10/developers-get-ready-for-new.html for full details on the change in Chrome's behavior.

      With this new functionality enabled in Chrome, functionalities such as (not limited to)

      • Confluence's avatars in the activity stream (see JRASERVER-70419)
      • Issue collectors embedded in external websites will stop working - Fixed JRASERVER-70494

      Suggested Solution

      As a Jira Administrator, I would like to be able to configure `SameSite` policy for Jira (None, Lax, Strict). With a reasonable secure default.

      Workaround

      • Currently there is no known workaround for this behavior within Jira. 
      • Disable `SameSite` change at Chrome as described in Turning off Google Chrome SameSite Cookie Enforcement.
      • Add cookie headers (SameSite=None) at Tomcat level, Tomcat 8.5.42 introduced a global same-site cookie setting in the default Rfc6265CookieProcessor.  Check Tomcat and Jetty SameSite Workarounds for more details
      • Add cookie headers at the proxy level:
        • For example, if using HAProxy, set SameSite=None and explicitly add Secure as it's required (credit to ov3):
          http-response replace-header Set-Cookie ^(.*) \1;\ SameSite=None;\ Secure
          
        • Likewise for F5, an iRule can be utilized:
          # Set SameSite attribute for the JSESSIONID cookie to "lax"
          when HTTP_RESPONSE {
              if {[HTTP::cookie exists "JSESSIONID"]}{
                  HTTP::cookie attribute "JSESSIONID" remove {samesite}
                  HTTP::cookie attribute "JSESSIONID" insert {samesite} "lax"
              }
          }
          

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              rbaldasso Rodrigo Baldasso
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