With 'router' feature flag enabled, the user is not able to navigate back after being redirected to the Okta-hosted widget login page

[hu86]

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• [x] bug report
• [ ] feature request

Background info

With 'router' feature flag enabled, the user is not able to navigate back after being redirected to the Okta-hosted widget login page unless they login.

Redirecting to the Okta-hosted widget login page adds the following pages to session history:

• The call to /authorize endpoint
• The call to /signin/refresh-auth-state endpoint
• The call to / endpoint (current page)

If the user clicks the browser's 'back' button, they will still be on the login screen, instead of going back to the page that redirects them to the login page.

The back button behaviour can be observed in Safari and Firefox, but not in Chrome/Edge. 'Back' button in Chrome-based browsers somehow manages to navigate back correctly.

Expected behavior

After redirect to the Okta-hosted login page, the user should be able to navigate back if they do not wish to proceed.

What went wrong?

After redirect to the Okta-hosted login page, the user is unable to navigate back if they do not wish to proceed.

Steps to reproduce

This can be reproduced with the React Sample Application for Okta (Okta-hosted login) at https://github.com/okta/samples-js-react

• In Okta admin console sign in page code editor, the sign in page html is reset to default. Add only one change to enable the 'router' feature
• Configure the React Sample Application with client id and issuer url that matches the configuration in Okta admin console
• In Firefox, open the React Sample Application and click the 'Login' button. The Okta-hosted login page is loaded now
• Click 'Back' button in Firefox address bar, the page reloads but still on the login page. I expect to navigate back to the React Sample Application

Your environment

• Okta Sign-In Widget Version: 5.16
• Browser: Firefox 96.0.3
• OS: macOS 12.1
• Language: British English

[arvindkrishnakumar-okta]

@hu86 Thanks for posting!

@shuowu-okta @aarongranick-okta could you help with this please?

[SilverCory]

Thanks for the help, @arvindkrishnakumar-okta is there any update on this please?