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| -rw-r--r-- | securecookie.go | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/securecookie.go b/securecookie.go index 61af390..a34f851 100644 --- a/securecookie.go +++ b/securecookie.go @@ -506,6 +506,10 @@ func decode(value []byte) ([]byte, error) { // GenerateRandomKey creates a random key with the given length in bytes. // On failure, returns nil. // +// Note that keys created using `GenerateRandomKey()` are not automatically +// persisted. New keys will be created when the application is restarted, and +// previously issued cookies will not be able to be decoded. +// // Callers should explicitly check for the possibility of a nil return, treat // it as a failure of the system random number generator, and not continue. func GenerateRandomKey(length int) []byte { |