# Rails doesn't create sessions in production **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [November 13, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-doesnt-create-sessions-in-production/75818 "2006-11-13T18:01:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bryan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-doesnt-create-sessions-in-production/75818/1 "2006-11-13T18:01:32Z")
I’m having an issue with sessions in the 1.2 pre-release code. Sessions are created when the site is in development mode, and they are not created when the site is in production mode. I’m using a database store, but even when I switch back to the file system store, sessions are not created. The only difference in the way that I am running rails is that I switch to production mode with “RAILS\_ENV=production script/server” Where should I begin looking first? ---
**Author:** ![bryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bryan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-doesnt-create-sessions-in-production/75818/2 "2006-11-13T19:45:59Z")
On Nov 13, 2006, at 12:00 PM, Bryan L. wrote: > I’m having an issue with sessions in the 1.2 pre-release code. > Sessions are created when the site is in development mode, and they > are not created when the site is in production mode. I’m using a > database store, but even when I switch back to the file system store, > sessions are not created. The only difference in the way that I am > running rails is that I switch to production mode with > “RAILS\_ENV=production script/server” > > Where should I begin looking first? I’m going to answer my own question. I had a plugin installed that changed the location of the sql session store. (sneaky plugin developers!) ---
**Author:** ![bryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bryan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-doesnt-create-sessions-in-production/75818/3 "2006-11-13T20:04:58Z")
Bryan L. wrote: > On Nov 13, 2006, at 12:00 PM, Bryan L. wrote: > I had a plugin installed that changed the location of the sql session > store. (sneaky plugin developers!) Accountability please - which plugin? ---
**Author:** ![bryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bryan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-doesnt-create-sessions-in-production/75818/4 "2006-11-13T20:46:21Z")
On Nov 13, 2006, at 2:04 PM, Daniel Collis-puro wrote: > Bryan L. wrote: > > > On Nov 13, 2006, at 12:00 PM, Bryan L. wrote: > > > I had a plugin installed that changed the location of the sql session > > store. (sneaky plugin developers!) > > Accountability please - which plugin? I’m not going to say here, but I have followed up with the developer, and hopefully he will make the changes in his documentation. ---
**Author:** ![bryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bryan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-doesnt-create-sessions-in-production/75818/5 "2006-11-13T21:51:52Z")
Bryan L. wrote: > I’m not going to say here, but I have followed up with the developer, > and hopefully he will make the changes in his documentation. I don’t understand this. You know of a bug that’s probably a pretty difficult one to catch, yet you won’t disclose it? We’re in the open source/free software world here - disclosure is our middle name. If you’re worried about embarassing the author, don’t be. If the author is so thin-skinned that they won’t take critcism in stride, they shouldn’t make code freely available. ---
**Author:** ![bryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bryan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bryan)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-doesnt-create-sessions-in-production/75818/6 "2008-02-03T23:15:18Z")
> If you’re worried about embarassing the author, don’t be. If the author > is so thin-skinned that they won’t take critcism in stride, they > shouldn’t make code freely available. I could not agree more. We are pulling our hair trying to fix this very problem, would you please make the solution available?