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Authentication hangs in distributed Cognos Analytics 11.x Environment.

Troubleshooting


Problem

When attempting to authenticate into Cognos Analytics 11.x, the authentication screen seems to never get past.

Symptom

Hanging when attempting to authenticate into Cognos Analytics 11.x

If you click "Sign in" again, while the authentication seems to be hung, you will receive the error:

AAA-AUT-0013 message when logging in to Cognos Connection

In some cases, you will be able to authenticate against other Dispatchers in the environment without issue.

More detailed information:

The cam_passport is set while watching the authentication tool with either Fiddler or the Browser's Developer tools.

The product appears to be requesting "logonAs" in its url many times, without being successful.

[{"Product":{"code":"SSTSF6","label":"IBM Cognos Analytics"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Administration and Configuration v11x","Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"11.0.7;11.0.6;11.0.5","Edition":"All Editions","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}},{"Product":{"code":"SS6G84","label":"IBM Cognos Analytics on Cloud"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":" ","Platform":[{"code":"","label":""}],"Version":"","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}},{"Product":{"code":"SSLKT6","label":"IBM Maximo Asset Management"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":" ","Platform":[{"code":"","label":""}],"Version":"","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB77","label":"Automation Platform"}}]

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Modified date:
13 January 2026

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