https://yegorov.github.io/tags/logout/ Recent content in Logout on Artem Yegorov Hugo en Tue, 26 May 2026 08:31:18 +0000 https://yegorov.github.io/notes/fast-way-logout-all-users-on-your-site/ Tue, 26 May 2026 08:31:18 +0000 https://yegorov.github.io/notes/fast-way-logout-all-users-on-your-site/ <p>If you are using your own authentication implementation, the fastest and easiest way to log out all users of your Rails application is to change the <a href="https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/Rails/Application.html#method-i-secret_key_base" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><code>secret</code></a> or change the name of the <a href="https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/Rails/Application/Configuration.html#method-i-session_store" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">session cookie</a>. If you&rsquo;re wondering &ldquo;Why?&rdquo;, my answer is this: When you purge users from your database, some of these users may be logged in to your site. And if you delete them without logging them out, the next time they log in to your site, they&rsquo;ll see a 500 error (since they simply won&rsquo;t be found in your database).</p>