Logout doesn't work all the time about simple-file-server HOT 6 CLOSED

Hi @ajkothari13!

The problem is a detected bug in Firefox present since version 57. I reported it using twitter (in spanish):

https://twitter.com/RDCH106/status/931546346439442432

Also I reported it in official Firefox bug tracker (in english) 🐞:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1366222

Basically the problem concern to HTTP Basic Auth used to login because Firefox keeps cached the credentials despite the 401 code generated by logout. Firefox it is not respecting HTTP protocol. I think that it is a very problematic bug... Many applications like the webs to administrate the routers configration use HTTP Basic Auth to protect the access.

I can not solve it because it is not problem of my project... It is a bug in Firefox 🦊 as you can see!! 😉

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It is good idea!!
But I don't have time right now... 😅

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Oh, ok! Didn't know that. Good info.

Another thing, would you be interested in adding https support?

For example (a very simple one):
Here

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no problem. many thanks!

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I just checked this issue today, I'm using the Firefox 103, and it looks like when I click the logout, I can correctly logout, but when I open the homepage: http://127.0.0.1:5000, I was still logged in, so is there any way to truly logout? Thanks.

My change of the project by adding the python 3 support is here:

https://github.com/asmwarrior/Simple-File-Server

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I just checked this issue today, I'm using the Firefox 103, and it looks like when I click the logout, I can correctly logout, but when I open the homepage: http://127.0.0.1:5000, I was still logged in, so is there any way to truly logout? Thanks.

The problem is only in Firefox and how it manages HTTP Basic Auth. Nothing to do at the moment 😅.

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