Authorization value is lost on refresh

[Vanuan]

Q&A (please complete the following information)

• OS: Ubuntu
• Browser: Chrome
• Version: 68
• Method of installation: docker hub
• Swagger-UI version: 3.18.2
• Swagger/OpenAPI version: OpenAPI 3.0

Content & configuration

Example Swagger/OpenAPI definition:

components:
  securitySchemes:
    x-api-token:
      type: apiKey
      name: x-api-token
      in: header
  links: {}
  callbacks: {}
security:
  - x-api-token: []

Describe the bug you're encountering

Authorization value is lost on refresh

To reproduce...

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Click on 'Authorize'
2. Enter value
3. Press 'Authorize'
4. Refresh the page
5. Click 'Authorize' again

Expected behavior

I should see "Value: ******"

Screenshots

Additional context or thoughts

I thought that's the whole purpose of authorize button - to save user session so that it's not lost on refresh

[Vanuan]

Should be easily fixable using solution like this: https://github.com/rt2zz/redux-persist

[vzaytsev]

+++

[Vanuan]

Pushed fixed version to docker hub: vanuan/swagger-ui:persist-authorization

[hanut]

Is this going to be merged anytime soon ?
It is pretty troublesome to put the authentication part in every time you refresh the UI.

[cognifloyd]

#5939 implements this and includes a feature flag (disabled by default).
I hope SmartBear folks will take a look soon!