Site Catalyst s_vi cookie

[steve_sherwood]

When I open an incognito window with no cookies, I noticed two page view beacons are being sent for our pages.  We only send one beacon.  When the s_vi cookie is set, only one beacon is sent.  Each subsequent visit the s_vi cookie's expiration date is extended.  It is set for approximately two years.  Why is Site Catalyst doing this?

[TanmayMathur]

Hi,

Please give me the address of your website in Direct Message we would look at it at our end and see why it is happening. 

Thanks!

Tanmay

[steve_sherwood]

https://weather.com/

[taciac]

Steve Sherwood wrote...

When I open an incognito window with no cookies, I noticed two page view beacons are being sent for our pages.  We only send one beacon.  When the s_vi cookie is set, only one beacon is sent.  Each subsequent visit the s_vi cookie's expiration date is extended.  It is set for approximately two years.  Why is Site Catalyst doing this?

Hi Steve,

When you see two image requests, is the first a 302 cached request? This image request is used to set the cookie and is only seen on the first start of a session. In my testing the date did not change when the cookie was set. It remained the same. Which browser are you testing in? 

-Tacia

[steve_sherwood · Accepted solution]

Yes, it is a 302.  That explains things. Thanks for looking into this.