> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.octoparse.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Auto-login, cookies, and sessions

> Use Octoparse Auto Login and cookie controls to test and maintain permitted, session-dependent task workflows.

For websites where you are authorized to sign in, Octoparse can save and reuse the Cookies from that session. Auto Login is available from version 8.6.8. The website still decides whether a saved session remains valid, so test every saved or imported Cookie configuration with a small run.

## Three ways to add Cookies

Choose the method that matches where the Cookie state comes from.

### 1. Set up Auto Login

Select **Auto Login** in the task editor, sign in in the pop-up browser window, then select **Set up Auto Login**. Octoparse saves the resulting Cookies to the task. It does not add your username, password, or login clicks as workflow steps.

### 2. Use Cookies from the current page

Use **Browse Mode** to sign in or reach the page state you need. Then select the relevant **Go to Web Page** action, turn on **Use cookie**, choose **Use cookies from the current page**, and select **Apply**. This saves the current page's Cookies for that Go to Web Page action.

### 3. Paste a Cookie string from another browser

Export the Cookie string from a browser where you are already signed in, then paste it into the Cookie box for the relevant **Go to Web Page** action and save the setting. Use this when you cannot sign in inside Octoparse.

## Test the saved Cookies

Run a small test and confirm that protected content, rather than the login page, is returned. You can update, replace, disable, or delete a saved Cookie setting when the session expires or the page no longer accepts it.

## Cookie and cache controls

Octoparse lets you keep, update, or clear a task's Cookies. You can clear Cookies and cache before opening a page, on a schedule, or when the IP changes.

Clearing removes the stored session state. It can help if an old page state causes loading problems, but a login-required website may send the task back to its sign-in page. Test the setting on one page before using it in a larger login-required run.

In the task editor, Octoparse 10.2 can automatically accept a supported **Cookie consent** banner. This applies to supported "Accept all" controls, including eligible banners that appear late or inside an iframe or Shadow DOM. It does not handle every popup, subscription wall, login page, CAPTCHA, or Cookie wall.

## Check a saved session after a change

| If you change | Run this check |
| - | - |
| IP or region | Open a signed-in page. It should not ask you to sign in or complete another verification step. |
| Cookie or cache clearing | Open the intended page. It should still show the signed-in content. |
| From Local to Cloud | Run a small Cloud test. Confirm that the signed-in page and required data are available there. |

<Warning>Cookies can contain sensitive session data. Do not put complete Cookies, credentials, or other secrets in logs, screenshots, or support tickets. Do not use this workflow to access data you are not authorized to view.</Warning>


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