From e4645c86b5d0692c6fc4aa413eeeefe601da0aed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 07:58:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE.md: clarify when the cookies are loaded Closes #18924 --- docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE.md b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE.md index 676d728552..a4baf8febf 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE.md +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE.md @@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ If you use this option multiple times, you add more files to read cookies from. Setting this option to NULL disables the cookie engine and clears the list of files to read cookies from. +The cookies are loaded from the specified file(s) when the transfer starts, +not when this option is set. + # SECURITY CONCERNS This document previously mentioned how specifying a non-existing file can also -- 2.47.3