Browser issue on multi-site

[Former Member]

Hi,

I have created a multi-site.

When I view site one in say chrome or FireFox, then I see what I expect.

If I then open a new tab in the same browser to view site2 then I get a 404 error.

If I open a second browser and put the url for site 2 in I see what I expect.

If in browser 2 I then navigate to site 1 I get a 404 error.

If I go back to browser 1 and refresh site1 it works with no 404 error.

If I clear the browsers cache then I can navigate to site2, and I do not get a 404 error.

To sum it up, whatever is the first of the multi sites I navigate to in any browser (and my cache is cleared) I can only view that site (say site1) and unless cache is cleared I cannot view site2 without getting a 404, unless I clear cache first.

I have set up a separate instance of Hybris and used $ instal.sh -r b2c_acc Both the apparel demo store and the electronics demo store work, with the same problem as above. If I navigate to apparel site first i get a 404 on the electronics site and so on as above.

Is there any way to resolve this caching issue.

[mpern · Accepted solution]

That's expected behaviour!

The first request initializes the session and after that, the session is bound to a specific site. (This also explains why after a cache clear you can use the other site, because clearing it also deletes all cookies which in turn means a new session for the next request)

I usually test a second site in a second browser or in an incognito / private browsing window.

And a browser extension to quickly clear cookies ( JSESSIONID in particular) is also very helpful.

You could try adding the parameter clear=true to your URL, this should allow you to switch the site without deleting cookies. I'm not sure how well this works, though.

[Former Member]

It worked perfectly adding ?clear=true to my urls

[Former Member]

Thank you so much