Troubleshooting a corrupted login page in Safari browsers

You can recover from a corrupted login page of the Application Center console when you use the Safari browser.

Symptom

When the Application Center console is open in a Safari browser, you might navigate away from the console. When you come back to the console, you might see the login page. Even though you enter the correct login details, you see the following message instead of a successful login:
HTTP Status 404 - appcenterconsole/j_security_check.

Cause

The behavior is linked to a caching problem in the Safari browser.

Solution

The workaround is to trigger a forced reload when you see the login page without entered or autocompleted credentials. Here is how to trigger a forced reload:
  • On a Mac computer, press Shift + the Refresh button.
  • On an iPad or iPhone device: Double-click the refresh button or clean the cache by closing Safari: you double-click the home button and then swipe Safari away.