How to Fix ‘Your Session Has Expired, Please Refresh and Try Again’ Error on Reddit?

There have been many issues with Reddit lately and one of them is where the users are automatically logged out from their accounts and the “Your Session Has Expired” message is displayed which indicates an issue with their log in. This message is usually displayed due to a glitch with Reddit or due to an issue during the login process.

What Causes the “Your Session has Expired” Error on Reddit?

1. Login Through Old Reddit

Some users suggested that Reddit’s new layout might be the trigger behind this problem and logging in through the old Reddit layout might fix it. Therefore, in this step, we will be logging in to Reddit via the old login page and then we will analyze if it fixes our issue. In order to do that:

1. Open your web browser and click on this link.
2. On the right side, type in your username and password.

   

3. Click on the “Login” button to log in to your account.
4. Use Reddit for some time and check to see if the issue persists.

2. Login Via Sidebar

There seems to be a common workaround where the users are able to log in and use their accounts normally if they log in through the sidebar instead of the Reddit’s login button. Therefore, in this step, we will try logging in through the sidebar.

1. Navigate to Reddit’s homepage and make sure that you have logged out of your account.
2. Click on the dropdown in the top right corner and select the “Login/signup” button.

   

3. Enter your credentials and click on the “Login” button.
4. Wait for the site to authenticate your information and check to see if the issue persists.

3. Clear Cache and Cookies

It is evident that in some cases the cache or the cookies stored by the browser might be the culprit behind this problem. Therefore, in this step, we will be clearing all the cache and cookies stored by the browser. We have listed the steps for some popular browsers, follow the ones for your own and if you use a different browser, look up this information on their support page.

For Chrome:

1. Click on the “Menu” button on the top right side of the browser.
   

   

2. Select “Settings” from the dropdown.
   

   

3. Scroll down and click on “Advanced“.
   

   

4. At the end of the “Privacy & Security” heading, click on the “Clear Browsing Data” option.
   

   

5. In the time range, select “All time“.
6. Make sure that both the “Cookies and other site data” and “Caches image and files” options are checked.
   

   

7. Now click on the “Clear data” option.
   

   

8. This will now clear all the cookies and the cache, open the site and check to see if the problem persists.

For Firefox:

1. Click on the “Menu” button on the top right corner.

   

2. In the History menu, select “Clear History”
   Note: Press “alt” if the menu bar is hidden
3. In the “Time range to clear” dropdown menu, select “All time”
4. Select all the options below.
5. Click on “Clear Now” to clear your cookies and cache.

For Microsoft Edge:

1. Click on the “Three Horizontal Lines” on the top right side.
   

   

2. Click on “history” on the right pane.
   

   

3. Select the “Clear History” button on the top of the pane.
   

   

4. Check all the boxes and select “Clear”
   

   

Note: If you are using a different browser you can check this information on their support site.