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Cookies

GitHub provides a great deal of transparency regarding how we use your data, how we collect your data, and with whom we share your data. To that end, we provide this page which details how we use cookies.

GitHub uses cookies to provide and secure our websites, as well as to analyze the usage of our websites, in order to offer you a great user experience. Please take a look at our Privacy Statement if you’d like more information about cookies, and on how and why we use them and cookie-related personal data. You can change your preference about non-essential cookies at any time by following these instructions.

Since the number and names of cookies may change, the table below may be updated from time to time. When it is updated, the data of the repo will change. Follow these instructions to subscribe to changes in this repo.

Provider of Cookie Cookie Name Description Expiration*
GitHub app_manifest_token This cookie is used during the App Manifest flow to maintain the state of the flow during the redirect to fetch a user session. Five minutes
GitHub color_mode This cookie is used to indicate the user selected theme preference. Session
GitHub _device_id This cookie is used to track recognized devices for security purposes. One year
GitHub dotcom_user This cookie is used to signal to us that the user is already logged in. One year
GitHub enterprise_trial_redirect_to This cookie is used to complete a redirect for trial users 5 minutes
GitHub fileTreeExpanded Used to indicate whether the file tree on the code view was last expanded or collapsed 30 days
GitHub ghcc This cookie validates user's choice about cookies 180 Days
GitHub _gh_ent This cookie is used for temporary application and framework state between pages like what step the customer is on in a multiple step form. Two weeks
GitHub _gh_sess This cookie is used for temporary application and framework state between pages like what step the user is on in a multiple step form. Session
GitHub gist_oauth_csrf This cookie is set by Gist to ensure the user that started the oauth flow is the same user that completes it. Deleted when oauth state is validated
GitHub gist_user_session This cookie is used by Gist when running on a separate host. Two weeks
GitHub has_recent_activity This cookie is used to prevent showing the security interstitial to users that have visited the app recently. One hour
GitHub __Host-gist_user_session_same_site This cookie is set to ensure that browsers that support SameSite cookies can check to see if a request originates from GitHub. Two weeks
GitHub __Host-user_session_same_site This cookie is set to ensure that browsers that support SameSite cookies can check to see if a request originates from GitHub. Two weeks
GitHub logged_in This cookie is used to signal to us that the user is already logged in. One year
GitHub marketplace_repository_ids This cookie is used for the marketplace installation flow. One hour
GitHub marketplace_suggested_target_id This cookie is used for the marketplace installation flow. One hour
GitHub _octo This cookie is used for session management including caching of dynamic content, conditional feature access, support request metadata, and first party analytics. One year
GitHub org_transform_notice This cookie is used to provide notice during organization transforms. One hour
GitHub private_mode_user_session This cookie is used for Enterprise authentication requests. Two weeks
GitHub saml_csrf_token This cookie is set by SAML auth path method to associate a token with the client. Until user closes browser or completes authentication request
GitHub saml_csrf_token_legacy This cookie is set by SAML auth path method to associate a token with the client. Until user closes browser or completes authentication request
GitHub saml_return_to This cookie is set by the SAML auth path method to maintain state during the SAML authentication loop. Until user closes browser or completes authentication request
GitHub saml_return_to_legacy This cookie is set by the SAML auth path method to maintain state during the SAML authentication loop. Until user closes browser or completes authentication request
GitHub show_cookie_banner Set based on the client’s region and used to determine if a cookie consent banner should be shown Session
GitHub tz This cookie allows us to customize timestamps to your time zone. Session
GitHub user_session This cookie is used to log you in. Two weeks
Microsoft ai_session Application Insights session ID One year
Microsoft ai_user Application Insights user ID 30 minutes
Microsoft ANONCHK This Microsoft Clarity cookie monitors website performance One year
Microsoft isFirstSession This cookie is used when user opts-in to saving information Session
Microsoft MSO This cookie identifies a session One year
Microsoft MC1 This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes One year
Microsoft MR This cookie checks whether to extend the lifetime of the MUID cookie One year
Microsoft MSFPC This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes One year
Microsoft MUID This cookie stores Bing’s visitor ID. This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes 13 months
Microsoft SM This cookie is used in synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains. Session
Microsoft _uetsid This cookie is used for analytics to store and track visits across sites One year
Microsoft _uetvid This cookie is used by Bing Ads to store and track visits across websites 13 months
Microsoft X-FD-FEATURES This cookie is used for tracking analytics and evenly spreading load on the website One year
Microsoft X-FD-Time This cookie is used for tracking analytics and evenly spreading load on website One year
Adobe aam_uuid This cookie is an audience manager 13 months
Adobe mboxEdgeCluster This cookie is used by Adobe Target load balancer. Adobe Target is used to determine which targeted content to display to visitor 13 months
Adobe AMCV_EA76ADE95776D2EC7F000101%40AdobeOrg Adobe cookie used to track and analyze user activities on the website 13 months
Adobe AMCVS_EA76ADE95776D2EC7F000101%40AdobeOrg Adobe cookie used to track and analyze user activities on the website Session
Adobe at_check Adobe Target to support conversion tracking for new product customers Session
Adobe mbox Adobe Target to store session ID 13 months
Contentsquare _cs_c Consent state: digit between 0 and 3. Used for capturing analytics on web pages 13 months
Contentsquare _cs_cvars This cookie is used to capture analytics on the web page Session
Contentsquare _cs_id Contains: user ID, timestamp (in seconds) of user creation, number of visits for this user 13 months
Contentsquare _cs_s Number of page views for the current session, and the recording state One year
Contentsquare __CT_Data This cookie is used to count the number of a guest’s pageviews or visits One year
Contentsquare _CT_RS_ This cookie is used to capture analytics on the web page One year
Contentsquare WRUID This cookie is used for analytics One year
Facebook _fbc This cookie is used to personalize content (including ads), measure ads, produce analytics, and provide a safer experience. 90 Days
Facebook _fbp This cookie is used to personalize content (including ads), measure ads, produce analytics, and provide a safer experience. 90 Days
Facebook fr This cookie is used as the primary advertising cookie used to deliver, measure, and improve the relevancy of ads. 90 Days
Facebook wd This cookie is used to deliver an optimal experience for your device’s screen. 7 Days
Facebook oo This cookie is an opt out cookie set by a user visiting Digital Advertising Alliance and choosing to opt out. 5 years
Fullstory fs_uid This cookie is used to track interactions with a page One year
Google _gcl_au This cookie is used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. 90 Days
Google id This cookie is used to build a profile of the website visitor's interests and show relevant ads on other sites. "OPT_OUT: fixed expiration (year 2030/11/09); non-OPT_OUT: 13 months EEA UK 24 months elsewhere"
Google IDE This cookie is used to build a profile of the website visitor's interests and show relevant ads on other sites. "13 months EEA UK; 24 months elsewhere"
Google lsid This cookie is used to provide information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the website. 90 Days
Google NID This cookie is used to build a profile of the website visitor's interests and show relevant ads on other sites. 90 Days
Google PREF This cookie is used to build a profile of the website visitor's interests and show relevant ads on other sites. 90 Days
Google SSID This cookie is used to provide information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the website. 90 Days
Google SAPISID This cookie is used to build a profile of the website visitor's interests and show relevant ads on other sites. 90 Days
Google test_cookie This cookie is used to determine if the website visitor's browser supports cookies. 90 Days
LinkedIn bcookie This cookie is a browser identifier cookie to uniquely identify devices accessing LinkedIn to detect abuse on the platform. One year
LinkedIn bscookie This cookie is used for remembering that a logged in user is verified by two factor authentication. One year
LinkedIn u This cookie is used to provide a platform to enable advertisers to track users across multiple devices. 3 months
LinkedIn UserMatchHistory This cookie is used to track visitors so that more relevant ads can be presented based on the visitor's preferences. One month
LinkedIn JSESSIONID This cookie is used for Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection. Session
LinkedIn lang This cookie is used to remember a user's language setting to ensure LinkedIn.com displays in the language selected by the user in their settings. Session
LinkedIn lidc This cookie is used to faciliatate data center selection 24 hours
LinkedIn sdsc This cookie is used for database routing to ensure consistency across all databases when a change is made and to ensure that user-inputted content is immediately available to the submitting user upon submission. Session
LinkedIn li_gc This cookie is used to store consent of visitors regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes. 6 months
LinkedIn li_mc This cookie is used as a temporary cache to avoid database lookups for a member's consent for use of non-essential cookies and used for having consent information on the client side to enforce consent on the client side. 6 months
LinkedIn AnalyticsSyncHistory This cookie is used to store information about the time a sync took place with the lms_analytics cookie. 30 Days
LinkedIn lms_ads This cookie is used to identify LinkedIn Members off LinkedIn for advertising. 30 Days
LinkedIn lms_analytics This cookie is used to identify LinkedIn Members off LinkedIn for analytics. 30 Days
LinkedIn li_fat_id This cookie is used for conversion tracking, retargeting, analytics. 30 Days
LinkedIn li_sugr This cookie is used to make a probabilistic match of a user's identity. 90 Days
LinkedIn U This cookie is used as a browser identifier. 3 months
LinkedIn BizographicsOptOutBizographicsOptOut This cookie is used to determine opt-out status for non-members. 10 years
LinkedIn li_giant This cookie is used for conversion tracking. 7 Days
Quantcast cref This cookie is used for Market and Audience Segmentation and Targeted advertising services. 13 months
Quantcast d This cookie is used for Market and Audience Segmentation and Targeted advertising services. 3 months
Quantcast mc This cookie is used to track anonymous information about how website visitors use the site. 13 months
Yahoo A3 This cookie is used for search and advertising. One year
Yahoo b This cookie collects anonymous data related to the visitor's website visits, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded. The registered data is used to categorize the users' interest and demographical profiles with the purpose of customizing the website content depending on the visitor. One year

(*) The expiration dates for the cookies listed above generally apply on a rolling basis.