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Add a caution about logout when using http-basic authenticated firewall #5630

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Expand Up @@ -1133,6 +1133,13 @@ is defined by the ``target`` parameter above (e.g. the ``homepage``).
:class:`Symfony\\Component\\Security\\Http\\Logout\\LogoutSuccessHandlerInterface`.
See :doc:`Security Configuration Reference </reference/configuration/security>`.

.. caution::

Notice that when using http-basic authenticated firewall there is no real
way to log out : the only way to 'logout' is to have the browser stop sending your name and password
on every request. Clearing your browser cache, restarting your browser usually helps, and some web developer
tools might be helpful here.

.. _`security-encoding-password`:

Dynamically Encoding a Password
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