# Getting ActionController::InvalidAuthenticityToken error Please help tried to run thru the solution

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 9, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-actioncontroller-invalidauthenticitytoken-error-please-help-tried-to-run-thru-the-solution/171812 "2009-07-09T15:50:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![saurabh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@saurabh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/saurabh)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-actioncontroller-invalidauthenticitytoken-error-please-help-tried-to-run-thru-the-solution/171812/1 "2009-07-09T15:50:38Z")

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Hi ,

I am trying to test [spot.us](http://spot.us) on my local machine , I installed it and  
have rails 2.3.2 but when i register a new user i get the following  
error ActionController::InvalidAuthenticityToken.

I am pasting the traces please help , I am pretty new to ror so may  
sound awkward sometimes

C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/  
action\_controller/request\_forgery\_protection.rb:79:in  
`verify_authenticity_token' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/ active_support/callbacks.rb:178:in `send’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/  
active\_support/callbacks.rb:178:in `evaluate_method' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/ active_support/callbacks.rb:166:in `call’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/  
action\_controller/filters.rb:225:in `call' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/ action_controller/filters.rb:629:in `run\_before\_filters’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/  
action\_controller/filters.rb:615:in `call_filters' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/ action_controller/filters.rb:610:in `perform\_action\_without\_benchmark’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/  
action\_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in  
`perform_action_without_rescue' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/ active_support/core_ext/benchmark.rb:17:in `ms’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/  
active\_support/core\_ext/benchmark.rb:10:in `realtime' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/ active_support/core_ext/benchmark.rb:17:in `ms’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/  
action\_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in  
`perform_action_without_rescue' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/ action_controller/rescue.rb:160:in `perform\_action\_without\_flash’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/  
action\_controller/flash.rb:141:in `perform_action' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/ action_controller/base.rb:523:in `send’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/  
action\_controller/base.rb:523:in `process_without_filters' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/ action_controller/filters.rb:606:in `sass\_old\_process’  
C:/InstantRails/rails\_apps/spot-us2/vendor/gems/haml-2.0.7/lib/sass/  
plugin/rails.rb:19:in `process' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/ action_controller/base.rb:391:in `process’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/  
action\_controller/base.rb:386:in `call' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/ action_controller/routing/route_set.rb:433:in `call’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/  
action\_controller/dispatcher.rb:88:in `dispatch' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/ action_controller/dispatcher.rb:111:in `\_call’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/  
action\_controller/dispatcher.rb:82:in `initialize' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/ active_record/query_cache.rb:29:in `call’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/  
active\_record/query\_cache.rb:29:in `call' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/ active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/query_cache.rb:34:in `cache’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/  
active\_record/query\_cache.rb:9:in `cache' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/ active_record/query_cache.rb:28:in `call’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/  
active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract/connection\_pool.rb:361:in  
`call' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/ head.rb:9:in `call’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/  
methodoverride.rb:24:in `call' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/ action_controller/params_parser.rb:15:in `call’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/  
action\_controller/rewindable\_input.rb:25:in `call' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/ action_controller/session/cookie_store.rb:93:in `call’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/  
action\_controller/reloader.rb:9:in `call' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/ action_controller/failsafe.rb:11:in `call’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/  
lock.rb:11:in `call' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/ lock.rb:11:in `synchronize’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/  
lock.rb:11:in `call' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/ action_controller/dispatcher.rb:106:in `call’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.2/lib/rails/rack/  
static.rb:31:in `call' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/ urlmap.rb:46:in `call’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/  
urlmap.rb:40:in `each' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/ urlmap.rb:40:in `call’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.2/lib/rails/rack/  
log\_tailer.rb:17:in `call' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/ content_length.rb:13:in `call’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/  
chunked.rb:15:in `call' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/ handler/mongrel.rb:61:in `process’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86-  
mswin32-60/lib/mongrel.rb:159:in `process_client' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86- mswin32-60/lib/mongrel.rb:158:in `each’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86-  
mswin32-60/lib/mongrel.rb:158:in `process_client' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86- mswin32-60/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `run’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86-  
mswin32-60/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `initialize' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86- mswin32-60/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `new’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86-  
mswin32-60/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `run' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86- mswin32-60/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in `initialize’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86-  
mswin32-60/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in `new' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5-x86- mswin32-60/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in `run’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/  
handler/mongrel.rb:34:in `run' C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.2/lib/commands/ server.rb:111 C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: 31:in `gem\_original\_require’  
C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:  
31:in `require’  
script/server:3

Request

Parameters:

{“user”=\>{“password\_confirmation”=\>“s”,  
“type”=\>“Citizen”,  
“terms\_of\_service”=\>“1”,  
“first\_name”=\>“saurabh1”,  
“last\_name”=\>“s”,  
“password”=\>“s”,  
“email”=\>“removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid”},  
“x”=\>“56”,  
“y”=\>“15”,  
“authenticity\_token”=\>“LwLcbcAm56CqsVprhVAcL6AOrBJMsRcD+Hp6Q9WiVaA=”}

Thanks  
Saurabh

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**Author:** ![saurabh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@saurabh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/saurabh)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-actioncontroller-invalidauthenticitytoken-error-please-help-tried-to-run-thru-the-solution/171812/2 "2009-07-09T17:04:22Z")

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It’s possible that you have a session key left over from a previous  
app. Try clearing your session cookies and see if that helps.

Cheers,  
Nicholas

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**Author:** ![saurabh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@saurabh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/saurabh)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-actioncontroller-invalidauthenticitytoken-error-please-help-tried-to-run-thru-the-solution/171812/3 "2009-07-28T21:30:26Z")

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Getting the same error when creating new user…

ActionController::InvalidAuthenticityToken in UsersController#create

ActionController::InvalidAuthenticityToken  
RAILS\_ROOT: /home/admin/spot-us

Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action\_controller/request\_forgery\_protection.rb:79:in  
`verify_authenticity_token' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:178:in`send’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/active\_support/callbacks.rb:178:in  
`evaluate_method' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:166:in`call’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action\_controller/filters.rb:225:in  
`call' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:629:in`run\_before\_filters’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action\_controller/filters.rb:615:in  
`call_filters' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:610:in`perform\_action\_without\_benchmark’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action\_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in  
`perform_action_without_rescue' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/active_support/core_ext/benchmark.rb:17:in`ms’  
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:308:in `realtime' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/active_support/core_ext/benchmark.rb:17:in`ms’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action\_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in  
`perform_action_without_rescue' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:160:in`perform\_action\_without\_flash’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action\_controller/flash.rb:141:in  
`perform_action' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:523:in`send’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action\_controller/base.rb:523:in  
`process_without_filters' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:606:in`sass\_old\_process’  
/home/admin/spot-us/vendor/gems/haml-2.0.7/lib/sass/plugin/rails.rb:19:in  
`process' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:391:in`process’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action\_controller/base.rb:386:in  
`call' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action_controller/routing/route_set.rb:433:in`call’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action\_controller/dispatcher.rb:88:in  
`dispatch' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:111:in`\_call’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action\_controller/dispatcher.rb:82:in  
`initialize' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active_record/query_cache.rb:29:in`call’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active\_record/query\_cache.rb:29:in  
`call' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/query_cache.rb:34:in`cache’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active\_record/query\_cache.rb:9:in  
`cache' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active_record/query_cache.rb:28:in`call’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract/connection\_pool.rb:361:in  
`call' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/head.rb:9:in`call’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/methodoverride.rb:24:in  
`call' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action_controller/params_parser.rb:15:in`call’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action\_controller/rewindable\_input.rb:25:in  
`call' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action_controller/session/cookie_store.rb:93:in`call’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action\_controller/reloader.rb:9:in  
`call' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action_controller/failsafe.rb:11:in`call’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/lock.rb:11:in `call' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/lock.rb:11:in`synchronize’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/lock.rb:11:in `call' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:106:in`call’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.2/lib/rails/rack/static.rb:31:in  
`call' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/urlmap.rb:46:in`call’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/urlmap.rb:40:in `each' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/urlmap.rb:40:in`call’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.2/lib/rails/rack/log\_tailer.rb:17:in  
`call' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/content_length.rb:13:in`call’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/chunked.rb:15:in `call' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/handler/mongrel.rb:61:in`process’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.4/lib/mongrel.rb:159:in  
`process_client' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.4/lib/mongrel.rb:158:in`each’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.4/lib/mongrel.rb:158:in  
`process_client' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.4/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in`run’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.4/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in  
`initialize' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.4/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in`new’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.4/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `run' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.4/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in`initialize’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.4/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in `new' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.4/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in`run’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rack-1.0.0/lib/rack/handler/mongrel.rb:34:in  
`run' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.2/lib/commands/server.rb:111 /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in`gem\_original\_require’  
/usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in `require’  
script/server:3  
Request

Parameters:

{“x”=\>“29”,  
“y”=\>“21”,  
“authenticity\_token”=\>“vgJbe0UJTbEEYCC3oZl6YlOArxE2Uc56o98qqgZOxYs=”,  
“user”=\>{“password\_confirmation”=\>“pass”,  
“type”=\>“Citizen”,  
“last\_name”=\>“yat”,  
“terms\_of\_service”=\>“1”,  
“password”=\>“pass”,  
“first\_name”=\>“lav”,  
“email”=\>“removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid”}}  
Show session dump

Response

Headers:

{“Content-Type”=\>"",  
“Cache-Control”=\>“no-cache”}