Minikube Could not create session for user

i used the helm chart on minikube locally and set the local domain to zitadel.local, i caould access the ui and try to sign in with the default user bt i get this error in the screenshot and the zitadel-login says

│ zitadel-login No session lifetime provided, using default o │
│ zitadel-login Could not read session cookie                 │
│ zitadel-login Ignored error: no session cookie found

│ zitadel-login No session lifetime provided, using default o │
│ zitadel-login Could not read session cookie                 │
│ zitadel-login Ignored error: no session cookie found

│ zitadel-login No session lifetime provided, using default o │
│ zitadel-login Could not read session cookie                 │
│ zitadel-login Ignored error: no session cookie found

│ zitadel-login No session lifetime provided, using default o │
│ zitadel-login Could not read session cookie                 │
│ zitadel-login Ignored error: no session cookie found

Rajat•12/9/25, 12:25 PM

hey @a.atalla welcome to the server and I will get back to you with a response.

Rajat•12/9/25, 12:26 PM

could you pls share how did you deploy it?. what version of charts did you use and if you can share more logs from the pod ?. Thanks

a.atallaOP•12/9/25, 12:46 PM

Hi @Rajat , helm chart version 9.13.09.13.0 with values

zitadel:
  masterkey: x123456789012345678901234567891y
  configmapConfig:
    ExternalDomain: zitadel.local
    ExternalPort: 8085
    ExternalSecure: false
    TLS:
      Enabled: false
    Database:
      Postgres:
        Host: pg-cluster-rw.auranox.svc.cluster.local
        Port: 5432
        Database: zitadel_db
        MaxOpenConns: 20
        MaxIdleConns: 10
        MaxConnLifetime: 30m
        MaxConnIdleTime: 5m

env:
  - name: ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_USER_SSL_MODE
    value: disable
  - name: ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_SSL_MODE
    value: disable
  - name: ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_EXISTINGDATABASE
    value: zitadel_db
  - name: ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_USER_USERNAME
    valueFrom:
      secretKeyRef:
        name: zitadel-db-creds
        key: username
  - name: ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_USER_PASSWORD
    valueFrom:
      secretKeyRef:
        name: zitadel-db-creds
        key: password
  - name: ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_USERNAME
    valueFrom:
      secretKeyRef:
        name: zitadel-db-creds
        key: admin_username
  - name: ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_PASSWORD
    valueFrom:
      secretKeyRef:
        name: zitadel-db-creds
        key: admin_password

zitadel:
  masterkey: x123456789012345678901234567891y
  configmapConfig:
    ExternalDomain: zitadel.local
    ExternalPort: 8085
    ExternalSecure: false
    TLS:
      Enabled: false
    Database:
      Postgres:
        Host: pg-cluster-rw.auranox.svc.cluster.local
        Port: 5432
        Database: zitadel_db
        MaxOpenConns: 20
        MaxIdleConns: 10
        MaxConnLifetime: 30m
        MaxConnIdleTime: 5m

env:
  - name: ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_USER_SSL_MODE
    value: disable
  - name: ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_SSL_MODE
    value: disable
  - name: ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_EXISTINGDATABASE
    value: zitadel_db
  - name: ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_USER_USERNAME
    valueFrom:
      secretKeyRef:
        name: zitadel-db-creds
        key: username
  - name: ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_USER_PASSWORD
    valueFrom:
      secretKeyRef:
        name: zitadel-db-creds
        key: password
  - name: ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_USERNAME
    valueFrom:
      secretKeyRef:
        name: zitadel-db-creds
        key: admin_username
  - name: ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_PASSWORD
    valueFrom:
      secretKeyRef:
        name: zitadel-db-creds
        key: admin_password

Rajat•12/10/25, 10:01 AM

hey @a.atalla thanks for providing the charts, I will get back to you

zitadel: masterkey: x123456789012345678901234567891y configmapConfig: ExternalDomain: zitadel.local ExternalPort: 8085 ExternalSecure: false TLS: Enabled: false Database: Postgres: Host: pg-cluster-rw.auranox.svc.cluster.local Port: 5432 Database: zitadel_db MaxOpenConns: 20 MaxIdleConns: 10 MaxConnLifetime: 30m MaxConnIdleTime: 5m env: - name: ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_USER_SSL_MODE value: disable - name: ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_SSL_MODE value: disable - name: ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_EXISTINGDATABASE value: zitadel_db - name: ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_USER_USERNAME valueFrom: secretKeyRef: name: zitadel-db-creds key: username - name: ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_USER_PASSWORD valueFrom: secretKeyRef: name: zitadel-db-creds key: password - name: ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_USERNAME valueFrom: secretKeyRef: name: zitadel-db-creds key: admin_username - name: ZITADEL_DATABASE_POSTGRES_ADMIN_PASSWORD valueFrom: secretKeyRef: name: zitadel-db-creds key: admin_password