Reference - Xperience cookies

CMSCookieLevel

System

1 year

Specifies which cookies are allowed by the visitor.

ASP.NET_SessionId

System

session end

Keeps the user session ID for security reasons.

CMSCsrfCookie

System

session end

Stores a security token that the administration interface uses to validate all form data submitted via POST requests. Helps protect against Cross site request forgery.

CMSVirtualContextIdentity

System

session end

Stores a token that authenticates users in the administration interface when previewing or editing live site content (via virtual context URLs).

CMSPreferredCulture

Essential

1 year

Stores the visitor’s preferred content culture.

CMSCurrentTheme

Essential

1 day

Stores the name of the current visual theme to provide proper design to dialog windows.

CMSWindowsUser

Essential

session end

Stores information for administration interface users who were imported from an Active Directory domain during authentication.

.ASPXFORMSAUTH

Essential

set in web.config

Stores the user’s encrypted authentication ticket when using forms authentication.

KenticoCookiePolicyTest

Essential

1 minute

A dummy cookie used to test whether the user’s browser blocks 3rd party cookies. Does not carry any informational value.

CMSVarAB<ABtestname>

Essential

2 months

Used to maintain consistent content of A/B tested pages for visitors who have not given consent to be tracked (i.e., do not accept cookies of the Visitor level).

Stores the identifier of the page variant assigned to the visitor. The value is transferred to the CMSAB<ABtestname> cookie if the visitor later gives tracking consent and views the tested page.

CMSPreferredUICulture

Editor

1 year

Stores the preferred UI culture of the user.

CMSViewMode

Editor

1 day

Stores the user’s current view mode in the Pages application (Edit, Preview, Design, etc.).

CMSImpersonation

Editor

session end

Stores user information when impersonating a different user in the administration interface.

CMSUserWords

Editor

1 month

User’s custom word dictionary kept by the spell checker of rich text field editor.

DisplayContentInUIElementDesignMode

Editor

session end

Remembers the user’s setting of the Web part content check box on the Design tab of UI elements.

CMSMacroDesignerTab

Editor

1 day

Remembers the last active tab of the Edit macro condition dialog.

CMSSplitMode

Editor

session end

Remembers the state of the language version split-view mode when editing multilingual websites.

CMSEdABSelectorState<ABtestname>

Editor

2 months

Stores the state of the selectors on the A/B test overview page.

CMSWebPartToolbarCategory

Editor

1 month

Stores the selected web part category in the web part toolbar when editing dashboard templates on the Design tab.

CMSWebPartToolbarCategoryUI

Editor

1 month

Stores the selected web part category in the web part toolbar when editing UI templates on the Design tab.

CMSWebPartToolbarMinimized

Editor

1 month

Remembers if the user minimized the web part toolbar when editing UI templates on the Design tab.

CMSSessionToken

Editor

1 year

Stores the token used by the web service that provides the advanced workflow and marketing automation designer.

CMSMASelectedView

Editor

2 months

Stores the active view mode for the Process tab of individual marketing automation processes (Design mode or Contacts mode).

VisitorStatus

Visitor

20 years

Indicates if the visitor is new or returning. Used for tracking the visitors statistics in Web analytics.

CMSAnalyticsData

Visitor

20 minutes

Persists user-related data and is used by Web analytics to keep track of exit page candidates.

Source

Visitor

50 years

Stores the channel from which the visitor arrived as part of a campaign (e.g., email, Facebook, Twitter, etc.). Based on the utm_source query string parameter.

Campaign

Visitor

50 years

Stores the name of the campaign assigned to the visitor.

Content

Visitor

50 years

Stores the specific content item through which the visitor arrived as part of a campaign. Based on the utm_content query string parameter.

CurrentContact

Visitor

50 years

Stores the GUID of the contact related to the current site visitor. Used to track activities on the website.

CMSAB<ABtestname>

Visitor

2 months

Added for visitors who view A/B tested pages. Tracks conversions for the test and maintains consistent page content for the visitor.

Stores JSON data including the identifier of the page variant assigned to the visitor, the list of performed conversions, and an indicator of whether the visitor is included in A/B testing.

CMSShoppingCart

Visitor

1 year

Stores a GUID reference to the user’s shopping cart. Allows the system to recover the shopping cart for unregistered customers, even after it is cleared from the cache (for example after an application restart).

CMSLandingPageLoaded

Visitor

20 minutes

Indicates that the landing page has already been visited and the Landing page activity is not logged again for the current visitor. Expires after 20 minutes and the expiration period of the key is renewed every time the website is accessed again.

CKEditor

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CKEditor cookies may be stored for users working with the rich text field editor.

cmsLatestApp

Stores the GUID of the current Xperience application in certain scenarios.

Kentico.DisplayedWidgetVariants|<page GUID>

Stores identifiers of page builder widgets and their selected personalization variants for individual pages displayed in the Pages application.