# Cookie Partitioned attribute required for cross-site cookies in Chrome

## TL;DR

Chrome now requires cross-site cookies to opt into partitioned storage via the Partitioned attribute (CHIPS), or they are blocked. Add Partitioned (with Secure and Path=/) to the cookies that must work cross-site, or move the flow first-party. Unpartitioned third-party cookies are going away.

```text
Cookie 'session' was blocked because it did not have the Partitioned attribute and was cross-site.
```

## Steps

1. Identify the cross-site cookies: which cookies the embedded context sets and which are blocked.
   Expected: The affected cookies are named.

2. Add Partitioned to those Set-Cookie headers, keeping Secure and setting Path=/.
   Expected: The attributes are complete.

3. Verify the cookie is set partitioned in devtools (it shows the partition key).
   Expected: The cookie exists in its partition.

4. Test the embedded flow end to end in Chrome.
   Expected: The flow works cross-site.

5. Plan the long term: partitioned cookies are per-top-site; if the flow needs shared state, redesign it first-party.
   Expected: The architecture matches the platform direction.

## When to use

- Chrome blocks cross-site cookies
- embedded widgets or iframes need cookies
- the console mentions Partitioned

## When not to use

- the cookie is first-party (Partitioned is unnecessary)
- the flow works without the cookie (drop it instead)
- the browser is not Chrome (check that browser's own policy)

## Tool compatibility

- Chrome (CHIPS)
- cross-site embeds

## Variant phrasings

- "cookie partitioned attribute required"
- "CHIPS partitioned cookies"
- "chrome third party cookie partitioned"

## Why it happens

Chrome is phasing out unpartitioned third-party cookies; CHIPS (Cookies Having Independent Partitioned State) is the opt-in for cookies that genuinely need cross-site access. Partitioned cookies are scoped to the top-level site, which preserves the embed use case while killing cross-site tracking. The attribute is the migration path.

## Edge cases

- Partitioned requires Secure; the pair is mandatory
- Safari and Firefox have their own third-party cookie policies; test all three
- partitioned cookies do not share across top sites by design; do not expect them to

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_428Y9hCcCjcUg01Qy3f3Ug

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