Why does @Html.AntiForgeryToken() generate different tokens in same response?

Question

A single Razor view contains several forms, each with its own call to @Html.AntiForgeryToken()

    @Html.AntiForgeryToken         


        

Answer 1

@Html.AntiForgeryToken() basically generate encrypted value based on the cookie and form data. So if you declare and use this @Html.AntiForgeryToken() for each than it will generate two different _RequestValidationToken. Better declare one global @token variable with @Html.AntiForgeryToken() method and it will create a single token for each request.