Chrome "Active content with certificate errors"

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Elijah Lynn picture Elijah Lynn · May 24, 2017 · Viewed 28.9k times · Source

We recently updated our ZNC server (don't think this matters) with a new certificate to include a Subject Alternative Name (SAN) DNS field. It works now in incognito but my existing session shows the error "This page is not secure (broken HTTPS)." with the below details:

Active content with certificate errors

You have recently allowed content loaded with certificate errors (such as scripts or iframes) to run on this site.

I am searched but am not finding anything related to more detail on this. It sounds like it will just expire on its own since it states "recently" but I am more concerned about how to get this to resolve quickly and hopefully without users having to do anything.

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I have disabled extensions that were showing up in the network requests and am left with just a few requests now, all of which are HTTPS. I also tried a ctrl + shift + r to reload w/bypass cache, as well as dev tools 'disable cache' selected when reloading.

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Answer

Jamie Cockburn picture Jamie Cockburn · Sep 24, 2017

To clear this error without a restart:

  • Open developer tools
  • Goto the Application tab
  • Clear storage
  • Close and re-open tab

Commenters have pointed out the following:

  • you must close all tabs in all windows which are open to the same domain
  • you can uncheck "cookies" before clearing storage to preserve login information etc

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