# Cookies not saved in Recording Simulation
**URL:** https://community.gatling.io/t/cookies-not-saved-in-recording-simulation/8617
**Category:** Gatling (Open-Source)
**Created:** [January 11, 2024, 10:37am UTC](https://community.gatling.io/t/cookies-not-saved-in-recording-simulation/8617 "2024-01-11T10:37:59Z")
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### Author:  [@rvsingh](https://community.gatling.io/u/rvsingh)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2024, 10:37am UTC](https://community.gatling.io/t/cookies-not-saved-in-recording-simulation/8617/1 "2024-01-11T10:37:59Z")
Hello all,
I am trying to do a recording simulation in HAR converter mode.
The HAR file has all the cookies but the generated simulation does not have cookies in request.
Am i missing some thing here?
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### Author:  [@slandelle](https://community.gatling.io/u/slandelle)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2024, 10:55am UTC](https://community.gatling.io/t/cookies-not-saved-in-recording-simulation/8617/2 "2024-01-11T10:55:52Z")
> Am i missing some thing here?
Yes, 2 things:
- that Gatling handles cookies automatically (cookies sent from the server are automatically stored and sent back on the matching requests)
- that cookies are only valid for a short period of time and in a given context, so they mustn’t be hardcoded in the test. You must either include your authentication process in your scenario so your virtual users each get a fresh cookie, or populate your cookies manually (weird, but well), with the [addCookie](https://gatling.io/docs/gatling/reference/current/http/helpers/#adding-a-cookie).
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.gatling.io/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2024, 10:56am UTC](https://community.gatling.io/t/cookies-not-saved-in-recording-simulation/8617/3 "2024-02-10T10:56:24Z")
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