{"record":{"id":"2a64e79738332662","repo":"sqlmapproject/sqlmap","slug":"there-was-a-problem-loading-cookies-file-s","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"there was a problem loading cookies file ('%s')","messagePattern":"there was a problem loading cookies file \\('(.+?)'\\)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"SqlmapGenericException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"lib/core/common.py","lineNumber":5383,"sourceCode":"                cookieJar.filename = filename\n\n            cookieJar.load(cookieJar.filename, ignore_expires=True)\n\n            for cookie in cookieJar:\n                if getattr(cookie, \"expires\", MAX_INT) < time.time():\n                    warnMsg = \"cookie '%s' has expired\" % cookie\n                    singleTimeWarnMessage(warnMsg)\n\n            cookieJar.clear_expired_cookies()\n\n            if not cookieJar._cookies:\n                errMsg = \"no valid cookies found\"\n                raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)\n\n        except Exception as ex:\n            errMsg = \"there was a problem loading \"\n            errMsg += \"cookies file ('%s')\" % re.sub(r\"(cookies) file '[^']+'\", r\"\\g<1>\", getSafeExString(ex))\n            raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)\n\ndef decloakToTemp(filename):\n    \"\"\"\n    Decloaks content of a given file to a temporary file with similar name and extension\n\n    NOTE: using in-memory decloak() in docTests because of the \"problem\" on Windows platform\n\n    >>> decloak(os.path.join(paths.SQLMAP_SHELL_PATH, \"stagers\", \"stager.asp_\")).startswith(b'<%')\n    True\n    >>> decloak(os.path.join(paths.SQLMAP_SHELL_PATH, \"backdoors\", \"backdoor.asp_\")).startswith(b'<%')\n    True\n    >>> b'sys_eval' in decloak(os.path.join(paths.SQLMAP_UDF_PATH, \"postgresql\", \"linux\", \"64\", \"11\", \"lib_postgresqludf_sys.so_\"))\n    True\n    \"\"\"\n\n    content = decloak(filename)\n\n    parts = os.path.split(filename[:-1])[-1].split('.')","sourceCodeStart":5365,"sourceCodeEnd":5401,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/blob/0a35b20e3953d341be6c7ac75ccb0b3362540c8d/lib/core/common.py#L5365-L5401","documentation":"Error \"there was a problem loading cookies file ('%s')\" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at lib/core/common.py:5383 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"0a35b20e3953d341be6c7ac75ccb0b3362540c8d","analyzedAt":"2026-08-26T23:02:52.002Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-27T03:17:27.898Z"}