Jupyter Password/Security token comes in some of the time

[zarif98]

I have noticed amongst our machines that the security token only comes in some of the time. Is there a reason why the security token box gets triggered?

[JasonWeill]

I've only seen that box appear when I use a new browser, or when I'm using a browser that does not retain data from prior sessions — such as a browser in private or incognito mode. Is your browser set up to discard data regularly, such as every day or on exit?

[zarif98]

So we use Chromium for all of our machines. We use Microsoft Edge but we don't believe we have any settings that does not retain data from prior sessions. Right now, everything feels a little random and we'd like to figure out why. We don't want to stop this authentication but would like to know how we can be secure and maybe not have it pop up at the same time.

[RRosio]

Per triage discussion: you can disable the token requirement, https://jupyter-server.readthedocs.io/en/latest/operators/security.html#alternatives-to-token-authentication, and while it is not recommended, if you are on a private network it might be a reasonable option to mitigate this behavior (thanks @JasonWeill and @krassowski).
Are you regularly restarting your server? This could be why the token gets overwritten and leads to the behavior you describe.

[RRosio]

Hi @zarif98, this is just a friendly ping to see if you are still experiencing this issue and if you've had a chance to look over my comment above?

[zarif98]

Sorry forgot to respond but yes! We are planning on putting some logs in and checking it from our end to really see what is going on. Thanks for the comment, it was insightful to look into what was actually ticking this feature.