SearchStax Managed Search service Solr users sometimes notice warnings in their solr.log file saying “PKIAuthenticationPlugin Invalid cipher.”
solr.log:332:2022-02-23 18:10:39.199 WARN (qtp1238959340-20) [ ] o.a.s.s.PKIAuthenticationPlugin Invalid cipher dFXUpxYVlgbUuCnNojMU9JW8IjYEbl+1J8i/NaorJc/iSr94+1KcazDeu+3ylfmFRIl5AZMTSVXvFgWdeKcFThfo9mFgvdNP0v7myFYNfaUsAeeaTgCLsu9AkTYAYSBUcjKKXz2TGp6270Rx2jvqa/ts3Y2QyiTN3XdyV/hemNbcVPK2GTKdG/F//clzmdgAKGYaMYe+eVm9YXx3QM/h2q2hpXO6dve7RDF+NQnbYwJKE2iaQER+E6OjNHqcMFQFbiC+MfeBrvHXtj7v5I2UVSP7r9ZtbIA+411aq4Zo+InexTG8/UYmAl2gf1uL889Sg13CPSTJrnlRDnsVsinkXA== deciphered data � � �����e�9�����a�Qk����˛�+�� r�rv�a�E{���\����d�KT.Q�1s_�:��`$����)����$�P:�;Dc�Z�y�xDLr�3�V�*9����EA�1T,��J%8Y߃�E��f�8�eN,��N}�GThis warning appears when you have opened the Solr Dashboard using Basic Auth and then walked away and let the session time out. The solution is to refresh the page and log in again.
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