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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> I have shib running in two very different environments with extremely (nearly identical) similar configurations and I am getting some really curious feedback.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Env 1:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Windows 2012, Apache, Shib as SP<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Env 2:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Debian, Apache, Shib as SP<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Both environments use the same IdP and the same exact metadata for it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The scenarios are these:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Env 1: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Open a resource protected by shib, authentication occurs, everything works great.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When I leave the session unused for a period of time (unknown amount, but it has been around an hour) I come back and click a link I get the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">opensaml::saml2md::MetadataException at (https://site.company.com/url)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Unable to locate metadata for identity provider (<a href="https://idp.example.org/idp/shibboleth">https://idp.example.org/idp/shibboleth</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">However, merely reloading the page, appears to execute another authenticate and then all is well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nothing is logged by Shib directly, but apache reports this:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">opensaml::saml2md::MetadataException at (https://site.company.com/url)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Unable to locate metadata for identity provider (https://idp.example.org/idp/shibboleth)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Env 2:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Open a resource protected by shib, authentication occurs, everything works great.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I can leave the session idle for the same amount of time, and this does not occur.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m confused about what is happening. I’d appreciate any pointers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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