Why is the browser not setting cookies after an AJAX request returns?

Question

I am making an ajax request using $.ajax. The response has the Set-Cookie header set (I\'ve verified this in the Chrome dev tools). However, the browser does

Answer 1

If you're using the new fetch API, you can try including credentials:

fetch('/users', {
  credentials: 'same-origin'
})

That's what fixed it for me.

In particular, using the polyfill: https://github.com/github/fetch#sending-cookies