[Bug]: session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219 #35930

cmflouis · 2022-12-31T18:26:57Z

⚠️ This issue respects the following points: ⚠️

This is a bug, not a question or a configuration/webserver/proxy issue.
This issue is not already reported on Github (I've searched it).
Nextcloud Server is up to date. See Maintenance and Release Schedule for supported versions.
Nextcloud Server is running on 64bit capable CPU, PHP and OS.
I agree to follow Nextcloud's Code of Conduct.

Bug description

Hello,
First thing first. Happy holiday.
Just a small drop to let you know that I receive this error in my logs.
session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219
This is happenning every minute or so.
It seems related to 2 apps installed on my server : Snappymail and Password. Why those, because when they are active at the same time that's create this log flood. When only one is active at a time this is not happening.

Steps to reproduce

Install almalinux 8.7
Install mariadb 10.6.11
Install php 8.1.13
Install nextcloud 25.0.2.3
Install and enable snappymail 2.24.4
Install and enable password 2022.12.21
Check the logs for the errors.

Expected behavior

No logs flooding with this error.

Installation method

Community Manual installation with Archive

Operating system

RHEL/CentOS

PHP engine version

PHP 8.1

Web server

Apache (supported)

Database engine version

MariaDB

Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install?

Fresh Nextcloud Server install

Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?

Encryption is Disabled

What user-backends are you using?

Default user-backend (database)
LDAP/ Active Directory
SSO - SAML
Other

Configuration report

{
    "system": {
        "instanceid": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "passwordsalt": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "secret": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "trusted_domains": [
            "cloud.cmftech.com"
        ],
        "datadirectory": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbtype": "mysql",
        "version": "25.0.2.3",
        "overwrite.cli.url": "https:\/\/cloud.cmftech.com",
        "dbname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbhost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbport": "",
        "dbtableprefix": "oc_",
        "mysql.utf8mb4": true,
        "dbuser": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbpassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "installed": true,
        "memcache.local": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
        "default_phone_region": "CA",
        "maintenance": false,
        "mail_smtpmode": "smtp",
        "mail_smtpsecure": "tls",
        "mail_sendmailmode": "smtp",
        "mail_smtphost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtpport": "25",
        "mail_from_address": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_domain": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "loglevel": 2,
        "updater.release.channel": "stable"
    }
}

List of activated Apps

Enabled:
  - activity: 2.17.0
  - bruteforcesettings: 2.5.0
  - calendar: 4.2.0
  - cloud_federation_api: 1.8.0
  - comments: 1.15.0
  - contacts: 5.0.2
  - contactsinteraction: 1.6.0
  - dav: 1.24.0
  - federatedfilesharing: 1.15.0
  - federation: 1.15.0
  - files: 1.20.1
  - files_pdfviewer: 2.6.0
  - files_rightclick: 1.4.0
  - files_sharing: 1.17.0
  - files_trashbin: 1.15.0
  - files_versions: 1.18.0
  - firstrunwizard: 2.14.0
  - logreader: 2.10.0
  - lookup_server_connector: 1.13.0
  - nextcloud_announcements: 1.14.0
  - notifications: 2.13.1
  - oauth2: 1.13.0
  - password_policy: 1.15.0
  - passwords: 2022.12.21
  - photos: 2.0.1
  - privacy: 1.9.0
  - provisioning_api: 1.15.0
  - related_resources: 1.0.3
  - serverinfo: 1.15.0
  - settings: 1.7.0
  - sharebymail: 1.15.0
  - snappymail: 2.24.4
  - systemtags: 1.15.0
  - tasks: 0.14.5
  - text: 3.6.0
  - theming: 2.0.1
  - twofactor_backupcodes: 1.14.0
  - updatenotification: 1.15.0
  - viewer: 1.9.0
  - workflowengine: 2.7.0
Disabled:
  - admin_audit
  - circles: 25.0.0
  - dashboard: 7.3.0
  - encryption
  - files_external
  - recommendations: 1.2.0
  - support: 1.6.0
  - survey_client: 1.11.0
  - suspicious_login
  - twofactor_totp
  - user_ldap
  - user_status: 1.3.1
  - weather_status: 1.3.0

Nextcloud Signing status

No errors have been found.

Nextcloud Logs

{"reqId":"Y7B0fAyTEQS54GAHcX8WgQAAARU","level":3,"time":"2022-12-31T17:42:23+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"louis","app":"PHP","method":"GET","url":"/index.php/apps/passwords/api/1.0/session/keepalive","message":"session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219","userAgent":"Official Passwords Client for Firefox on Win","version":"25.0.2.3","data":{"app":"PHP"}}
{"reqId":"Y7B0gwyTEQS54GAHcX8WiQAAARg","level":3,"time":"2022-12-31T17:42:28+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"louis","app":"PHP","method":"POST","url":"/index.php/apps/passwords/api/1.0/session/open","message":"session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219","userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:108.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/108.0","version":"25.0.2.3","data":{"app":"PHP"}}
{"reqId":"Y7B0hAyTEQS54GAHcX8WiwAAAQM","level":3,"time":"2022-12-31T17:42:28+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"louis","app":"PHP","method":"POST","url":"/index.php/apps/passwords/api/1.0/tag/find","message":"session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219","userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:108.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/108.0","version":"25.0.2.3","data":{"app":"PHP"}}
{"reqId":"Y7B0hI40saDvJDw3Of3yGgAAAFA","level":3,"time":"2022-12-31T17:42:28+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"louis","app":"PHP","method":"POST","url":"/index.php/apps/passwords/api/1.0/folder/find","message":"session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219","userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:108.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/108.0","version":"25.0.2.3","data":{"app":"PHP"}}
{"reqId":"Y7B0hAyTEQS54GAHcX8WjAAAAQY","level":3,"time":"2022-12-31T17:42:28+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"louis","app":"PHP","method":"POST","url":"/index.php/apps/passwords/api/1.0/settings/get","message":"session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219","userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:108.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/108.0","version":"25.0.2.3","data":{"app":"PHP"}}
{"reqId":"Y7B0hAyTEQS54GAHcX8WigAAAQU","level":3,"time":"2022-12-31T17:42:29+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"louis","app":"PHP","method":"POST","url":"/index.php/apps/passwords/api/1.0/password/find","message":"session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219","userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:108.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/108.0","version":"25.0.2.3","data":{"app":"PHP"}}
{"reqId":"Y7B0twyTEQS54GAHcX8WsQAAARI","level":3,"time":"2022-12-31T17:43:20+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"louis","app":"PHP","method":"GET","url":"/index.php/apps/passwords/api/1.0/session/keepalive","message":"session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219","userAgent":"Official Passwords Client for Firefox on Win","version":"25.0.2.3","data":{"app":"PHP"}}
{"reqId":"Y7B08gyTEQS54GAHcX8WwwAAAQM","level":3,"time":"2022-12-31T17:44:19+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"louis","app":"PHP","method":"GET","url":"/index.php/apps/passwords/api/1.0/session/keepalive","message":"session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219","userAgent":"Official Passwords Client for Firefox on Win","version":"25.0.2.3","data":{"app":"PHP"}}
{"reqId":"Y7B1LQyTEQS54GAHcX8WzQAAARg","level":3,"time":"2022-12-31T17:45:18+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"louis","app":"PHP","method":"GET","url":"/index.php/apps/passwords/api/1.0/session/keepalive","message":"session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219","userAgent":"Official Passwords Client for Firefox on Win","version":"25.0.2.3","data":{"app":"PHP"}}
{"reqId":"Y7B1aAyTEQS54GAHcX8W2wAAAQ0","level":3,"time":"2022-12-31T17:46:17+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"louis","app":"PHP","method":"GET","url":"/index.php/apps/passwords/api/1.0/session/keepalive","message":"session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219","userAgent":"Official Passwords Client for Firefox on Win","version":"25.0.2.3","data":{"app":"PHP"}}
{"reqId":"Y7B1owyTEQS54GAHcX8W4wAAARM","level":3,"time":"2022-12-31T17:47:16+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"louis","app":"PHP","method":"GET","url":"/index.php/apps/passwords/api/1.0/session/keepalive","message":"session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219","userAgent":"Official Passwords Client for Firefox on Win","version":"25.0.2.3","data":{"app":"PHP"}}
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{"reqId":"Y7B2GQyTEQS54GAHcX8XBwAAARQ","level":3,"time":"2022-12-31T17:49:14+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"louis","app":"PHP","method":"GET","url":"/index.php/apps/passwords/api/1.0/session/keepalive","message":"session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219","userAgent":"Official Passwords Client for Firefox on Win","version":"25.0.2.3","data":{"app":"PHP"}}
{"reqId":"Y7B2VAyTEQS54GAHcX8XFwAAAQA","level":3,"time":"2022-12-31T17:50:13+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"louis","app":"PHP","method":"GET","url":"/index.php/apps/passwords/api/1.0/session/keepalive","message":"session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219","userAgent":"Official Passwords Client for Firefox on Win","version":"25.0.2.3","data":{"app":"PHP"}}
{"reqId":"Y7B2hgyTEQS54GAHcX8XHgAAAQU","level":3,"time":"2022-12-31T17:51:02+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"louis","app":"PHP","method":"POST","url":"/index.php/apps/passwords/api/1.0/settings/get","message":"session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219","userAgent":"Official Passwords Client for Firefox on Win","version":"25.0.2.3","data":{"app":"PHP"}}
{"reqId":"Y7B2hwyTEQS54GAHcX8XIQAAAQs","level":3,"time":"2022-12-31T17:51:03+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"louis","app":"PHP","method":"POST","url":"/index.php/apps/passwords/api/1.0/settings/get","message":"session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219","userAgent":"Official Passwords Client for Firefox on Win","version":"25.0.2.3","data":{"app":"PHP"}}
{"reqId":"Y7B2igyTEQS54GAHcX8XIwAAAQk","level":3,"time":"2022-12-31T17:51:06+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"louis","app":"PHP","method":"POST","url":"/index.php/apps/passwords/api/1.0/settings/get","message":"session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219","userAgent":"Official Passwords Client for Firefox on Win","version":"25.0.2.3","data":{"app":"PHP"}}

Additional info

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stoamandl · 2023-01-04T07:54:38Z

Hello and happy new year.
I have the same logs every minute.
It looks like it's coming from the browser app. This also explains the minute interval.
When I turn off my PC with the Chrome extension, no new entries appear. When I turn it on, they are there again. See screenshot.

@cmflouis do you have the same behavior?
I am note shure, but looks like the problem is the nc-passwords app or the browser addon.

daffydock · 2023-01-06T17:54:49Z

I am getting almost the same error, except that it is with the Notes app.

"user":"XXXXYYYYZZZZ","app":"PHP","method":"GET","url":"/index.php/apps/notes/api/v1/notes?pruneBefore=0","message":"session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /home/AAAAA/BBB.CCCCCC.com/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219","userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (Android) Nextcloud-android/3.23.1","version":"25.0.2.3","data":{"app":"PHP"},"id":"sklajdflaku930jf4-Random-letters-and-numbers209840"}

And;

GET /index.php/apps/notes/api/v1/notes?pruneBefore=0

EdRoxter · 2023-01-13T20:29:12Z

Same here with the Passwords extension for Chrome on Nextcloud 25.0.2 (probably has been like that for quite a while, but only noticed it today since everything runs smoothly - not a blocking error/warning at all):

{"reqId":"xxxxxx","level":3,"time":"2023-01-13T20:19:55+00:00","remoteAddr":"xxxxxxxxxxxx","user":"xxxxxx","app":"PHP","method":"POST","url":"/index.php/apps/passwords/api/1.0/password/list","message":"session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /home/tubemail/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219","userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/108.0.0.0 Safari/537.36","version":"25.0.2.3","data":{"app":"PHP"},"id":"xxxxxxxx"}

merzak274j · 2023-03-08T15:16:11Z

Same here with the Passwords extension for Chrome on Nextcloud 25.0.2 (probably has been like that for quite a while, but only noticed it today since everything runs smoothly - not a blocking error/warning at all):

{"reqId":"xxxxxx","level":3,"time":"2023-01-13T20:19:55+00:00","remoteAddr":"xxxxxxxxxxxx","user":"xxxxxx","app":"PHP","method":"POST","url":"/index.php/apps/passwords/api/1.0/password/list","message":"session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /home/tubemail/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219","userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/108.0.0.0 Safari/537.36","version":"25.0.2.3","data":{"app":"PHP"},"id":"xxxxxxxx"}

I have the same message, except with Firefox.

I am able to supress the message by following the instructions in this link https://help.nextcloud.com/t/a-session-had-already-been-started/81037/11

However, I have to do this every time the server is upgraded.

Second, I noticed that there are only errors in my log with relation to me (the administrator). Other users that are also using the passwords extension and there is no data in the logs.

This issue has been present for at least a year on my end.

ManySolutions · 2023-03-10T17:35:12Z

errors in my log with relation to me (the administrator). Other users that are also using the passwords extension and there is no data in the logs.
That link is not working.

Passwords and snappymail combo doing this for me.

merzak274j · 2023-03-10T19:50:43Z

errors in my log with relation to me (the administrator). Other users that are also using the passwords extension and there is no data in the logs.
That link is not working.

Passwords and snappymail combo doing this for me.

Very interesting. I too had snappymail and after uninstalling it the messages stopped.

I have corrected the link. which explains how to modify a file called Internal.php that will stop the error message.

cmflouis · 2023-03-10T20:05:17Z

Hello everyone,
Sorry for the delay to respond. Thanks for your input and to correct the link.
I also observed that when only one of the two apps is active the message does not appear.
My concern is exactly that. I use on a daily basis both of these application.
I will give a try to the solution in the link but I think I already tried that and it did not work. I will try it again and I think I will also try it on NC26 that is due to be release before the end of this month.
Have a good day.

cmflouis · 2023-03-11T16:09:12Z

With the link above I was has to workaround the error message. For this reason I close that case.

iGadget · 2023-04-04T18:37:37Z

I'm running into this as well, indeed having both Passwords (+ FF webextension) and Snappymail installed as an admin. @cmflouis I just don't understand why you marked this report as 'Closed' since IMHO this is a genuine bug which should be fixed upstream, not worked around by re-applying the change to Internal.php manually after each server update.
Would you mind re-opening it and perhaps adding the 'fixed' Internal.php as a proposed patch?

trendzetter · 2023-04-07T10:03:31Z

With the link above I was has to workaround the error message. For this reason I close that case.

@szaimen can you reopen this issue? It has a workaround but no mention of bugfix

TraceyC77 · 2023-05-12T01:02:24Z

I'm seeing the same message repeated very frequently in my server logs related to the notes app (featured).

[PHP] Error: session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /var/www/tlcnet.info/public_html/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219

GET /index.php/apps/notes/api/v1/notes?pruneBefore=1683851115
from 2603:300c:1402:8600:d57d:1590:bbde:a7f5 at 2023-05-12T00:40:37+00:00

There had been an issue filed on the Notes issue tracker, which the devs closed, saying the cause is with PHP 8, it affects all apps, and there isn't anything they can do about it.
nextcloud/notes#802

trendzetter · 2023-07-24T14:03:03Z

still happening with 26.0.2

cmflouis · 2023-08-12T16:31:43Z

Hello everyone,
From my part it seems that this error has been repair in Nextcloud 27. I update to 27.0.1 and 27.0.2 and this error still does not appear. Very happy that Nextcloud 27 resolve this problem natively. It is up to you if you want to close this ticket.
Have a good day.

trendzetter · 2023-08-16T13:10:06Z

@cmflouis thank you for reporting this. i'll check with some of my deployments and try to confirm your findings!

daffydock · 2023-08-16T16:22:23Z

Just to check in, after 27, the '.../Session/Internal.php#219' error, is no more. I would back up the notion the error has been fixed on Nextcloud's end. It might still pop up, but before, it was spamming my logs and I have yet to see it. So I definitely take that as a great sign.

kesselb · 2023-08-16T18:10:50Z

Thanks for reporting back 👍

cmflouis added 0. Needs triage Pending check for reproducibility or if it fits our roadmap bug labels Dec 31, 2022

szaimen added the 25-feedback label Jan 1, 2023

cmflouis closed this as completed Mar 11, 2023

trendzetter mentioned this issue Apr 7, 2023

"session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219" has workaround but no fix #37640

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[Bug]: On Log out I always get: "... ignoring session_start() because a session is already active ..." #36083

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[Bug]: session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219 #35930

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[Bug]: session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219 #35930

[Bug]: session_start(): Ignoring session_start() because a session is already active at /var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/Session/Internal.php#219 #35930

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cmflouis commented Dec 31, 2022

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Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install?

Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?

What user-backends are you using?

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