Reference - Kentico cookies

The following table describes the cookies used in Kentico, and lists the level of each cookie:

Cookie name

Level

Description

CMSCookieLevel

System

Specifies which cookies are allowed by the visitor.

ASP.NET_SessionId

System

Keeps the user session ID for security reasons.

CMSCsrfCookie

System

Store’s a security token that the system uses to validate all form data submitted via POST requests. Helps protect against Cross site request forgery.

Note: The Level of CMSCsrfCookie was changed to System in hotfix 9.0.44 (to avoid errors for users who disable all cookies). In older versions, the cookie has the Essential level.

CMSPreferredCulture

Essential

Stores the visitor’s preferred content culture.

CMSMobileRedirected

Essential

Indicates if the visitor has been redirected to the mobile version of the website by the Mobile device redirection web part.

CMSCurrentTheme

Essential

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

Webauthtoken

Essential

Live ID authentication cookie.

CMSForumPostAnswer

Essential

Keeps a list of Question-Answer forum posts in which the user user voted for an answer to prevent repeated votes.

CMSVotedPolls

Essential

Keeps a list of polls where the user voted to prevent repeated votes.

CMSRatedDocuments

Essential

Keeps a list of pages that the user rated to prevent repeated votes.

CMSShowDesktopVersion

Essential

Indicates that the visitor has switched to the desktop (default) version of the website from a specific device profile.

.ASPXFORMSAUTH

Essential

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

CMSPreferredUICulture

Editor

Stores the preferred UI culture of the user.

CMSViewMode

Editor

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

CMSUserWords

Editor

User’s custom word dictionary kept by the spell checker.

DisplayContentInDesignMode

Editor

Remembers the user’s setting of the Web part content checkbox on the Design tab (for example in the Pages application).

DisplayContentInUIElementDesignMode

Editor

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

CMSMacroDesignerTab

Editor

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

CMSSplitMode

Editor

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

CMSPreviewState

Editor

Stores the user’s latest page design preview preferences.

CMSPropertyTab

Editor

Remembers the last active tab of the Properties section in the Pages application.

CMSViewTab

Editor

Remembers the last active tab of the View section in the Preview mode of the Pages application.

CMSValidationTab

Editor

Remembers the last active tab of the Validation section in the Preview mode of the Pages application.

CMSEdVariantSliderPositions<templateid>

Editor

Remembers the position of the variant slider when defining variants for MVT or Content personalization.

CMSWebPartToolbarCategory

Editor

Stores the selected web part category on the web part toolbar.

CMSWebPartToolbarMinimized

Editor

Remembers if the user minimized the web part toolbar on the Design tab.

CMSCurrentDeviceProfileName

Editor

Stores the selected device profilewhen editing pages.

CMSCurrentDeviceProfileRotate

Editor

Remembers whether the device preview uses the landscape or portrait view.

CMSUniGraph

Editor

Stores the user’s Snap to grid preference in the advanced workflow and marketing automation designer.

CMSSessionToken

Editor

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

ABSelectorState<ABtestname>

Editor

Stores the state of the selectors on AB test overview page.

VisitorStatus

Visitor

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

Source

Visitor

Stores the channel which the user came from (e.g., email, Facebook, Twitter, etc.).

Campaign

Visitor

Stores the web analytics Campaign assigned to the visitor.

TrackedCampaigns

Visitor

Stores all the web analytics Campaigns, which should be tracked within a JavaScript snippet.

UrlReferrer

Visitor

Stores the URL referrer from which the user arrives on the website.

CurrentContact

Visitor

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

CMSAB<ABtestname>

Visitor

Used to track conversions for the test and maintain consistent page content for the visitor.Stores the name of the page variant assigned to the visitor, the list of performed conversions and information whether visitor is included in A/B testing specified by an A/B test.

CMSMVT<mvtestname>

Visitor

Stores the combination of variants assigned to the visitor by an MVT test. Used to track conversions for the test and maintain consistent page content for the visitor.

CMSNoTestMVT<templateid>

Visitor

Stores the currently selected MVT combination for editors in the administration interface.

CMSShoppingCart

Visitor

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).

CMSBodyClass

Visitor

Body element class to provide accessibility standards.

CMSEd<GUID>Current

Visitor

Stores the current step of Wizard layout web parts.

ChatLoggedInToken

Visitor

Stores the login state for the Chat application (indicates if the user is in the online state).

ChatSupportLoggedInToken

Visitor

Indicates if the user is logged in to the support chat.

<Window name>_<Group ID>_roomID

Visitor

Stores bindings between groups of chat web parts and chat rooms (for a specific window or tab).

chat_autoinitchat_displayed_<GUID>

Visitor

Remembers if the Automatically initiated chat web part was shown to the user (prevents multiple chat initiation messages).

chat_kick_roomid_<room ID>

Visitor

Indicates that the user was kicked from the specified chat room (and is not allowed to return).

StrandsSBS_*

Visitor

Used by the Strands Recommender solely for its own purposes. The cookies are managed on the Strands side.

CMSStrandsTrackEvent_*

Visitor

Stores persistent HTTP context after a page is reloaded. Used for tracking of shopping cart events.

__openid_selector_*

Visitor

Stores OpenId user identification for authentication purposes.

Third party cookies

Third party

Cookie level

Notes

Social media

All (by default)

Social media integration web parts use the corresponding social media’s cookies.

If social media web parts are not displayed on your pages, lower the default social media cookie level using this web.config key.

Example - Settings social media cookie level to Visitor



<add key="CMSSocialMediaCookieLevel" value="200" />


CKEditor

-

CKEditor cookies may be stored for users working with the WYSIWYG editor.

51D

All

Used when the system is configured for 51degrees.mobi mobile device detection.