Kenn Jacobsen

Kenn Jacobsen

Principal Developer @ Umbraco HQ, blogger, speaker, overly curious

https://kjac.dev

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2025-02-26

📰 Using UMB_UCONTEXT with Umbraco 14+

In Umbraco 14, backoffice authentication transitioned from cookie-based to bearer token authentication, impacting how users authenticate outside the backoffice. The legacy UMB_UCONTEXT cookie now only facilitates OpenID Connect sign-ins and may not be permanent. Kenn Jacobsen proposes a new cookie-based authentication mechanism using OpenIddict events to manage user sessions effectively.

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