Check 22 of 54 · Web and TLS

Cookies, explained.

Your cookies carry the flags that stop them being stolen or misused.

Engine 1.57.0, read 25 October 2026

Free checkScoredReliability: Moderate

Is your website set up safely?

What the check does, and where it stops.

What it reads

Each cookie the landing page's response sets, and its three flags.

Why it matters

A session cookie without Secure, HttpOnly and SameSite can be read or sent where it should not be.

What a failure looks like

A failure is a finding in your result. The check is scored, so it can lower your score, and the Full Report gives every finding its severity and a fix. If the check cannot finish, it is recorded as unknown: it carries no penalty, and it is never a pass.

Where its limits are

Only sees cookies set before login. Cookies a script sets later are not read.

ReliabilityModerate: confirm before acting

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