For what I can see in questions already posted, Chrome may be a bit 'fussy' when it comes to cookies and login issues in newer versions of Magento.
The problem I'm experiencing concerns secure mode and Chrome only. If https is enabled, login in the frontend is not possible. If it is disabled, login works fine.
If wrong details are entered, I get the usual error messages, so form is definitely submitting. Because of this, I don't think this is a problem with form keys.
If input details are correct, Chrome shows the login page again with no message at all.
There are no issues in Firefox and everything works as it should.
Posted questions I've read do not seem to apply to the case of HTTPS only. So I'm a bit lost.
Has anyone experienced this issue and knows how to solve it?
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The trick was to create the directory app/code/local/Mage/Customer/Model and copy the file Session.php into it. The Session.php file can be found at app/code/core/Mage/Customer/Model. Once the file is moved over, find this section:
Comment out the $this->renewSession( ); section, so it looks like this:
Make sure to clear out all login cookies. I tested this on Chrome, Firefox, and IE on Windows, and Safari on iPad and everything worked like a charm.