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kormenator
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REST API active users

Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:17 am

Not sure if this is a bug or if I'm doing something wrong but basically every time I make a REST api call to a mikrotik device, it creates a new active user, that seems to linger forever. At the moment I have about a hundred active users. I've tested this with 7.14.3 and 7.15rc1, same thing for both.
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/user/active> print proplist=when,via
Columns: WHEN, VIA
 # WHEN                 VIA      
 0 2024-04-24 16:31:07  (unknown)
 1 2024-04-24 16:41:44  (unknown)
 2 2024-04-24 16:51:45  (unknown)
 3 2024-04-24 17:01:45  (unknown)
 4 2024-04-24 17:11:46  (unknown)
 5 2024-04-24 17:21:47  (unknown)
 6 2024-04-24 17:31:47  (unknown)
 7 2024-04-24 17:41:48  (unknown)
 8 2024-04-24 17:51:48  (unknown)
 9 2024-04-24 18:01:49  (unknown)
10 2024-04-24 18:11:49  (unknown)
11 2024-04-24 18:21:50  (unknown)
12 2024-04-24 18:31:50  (unknown)
13 2024-04-24 18:41:51  (unknown)
14 2024-04-24 18:51:52  (unknown)
15 2024-04-24 19:01:52  (unknown)
16 2024-04-24 19:11:53  (unknown)
17 2024-04-24 19:21:53  (unknown)
18 2024-04-24 19:31:54  (unknown)
19 2024-04-24 19:41:54  (unknown)
20 2024-04-24 19:51:55  (unknown)
21 2024-04-24 20:01:55  (unknown)
22 2024-04-24 20:11:56  (unknown)
23 2024-04-24 20:21:56  (unknown)
24 2024-04-24 20:31:57  (unknown)
25 2024-04-24 20:41:57  (unknown)
26 2024-04-24 20:51:58  (unknown)
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Re: REST API active users

Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:44 am

I want to say it used say "api" for via, not "(unknown)" - so that's also not right here.

When you say "forever", so you mean longer than 2 minutes. AFAIK REST API is just a proxy layer over the native API, and that api uses sessions... so reasonable it stick around for REST timeout plus some extra to avoid re-auth to native API for subsequent stateless HTTP REST API requests.

But >5 minutes would seem to be a bug, likely even shorter than that too.
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Re: REST API active users

Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:49 am

Yes, a lot longer than 5 minutes, those logins are hours old, also, it does create an api user too (only one as far as I've seen), but the unknowns just keep adding up.
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60 2024-04-25 02:22:17  (unknown)
61 2024-04-25 02:32:17  (unknown)
62 2024-04-25 02:42:18  (unknown)
63 2024-04-25 02:42:18  api
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Re: REST API active users

Thu Apr 25, 2024 6:12 am

I see two entries (plus winbox ones) in 7.15rc1. One that says (unknown) from the remote IP, and 2nd that says "api" with no IP.
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 1 2024-04-24 11:18:10  xxxuser  192.XX.XX.148  (unknown)
 2 2024-04-24 11:18:10  xxxuser                  api
I don't see multiple ones, but I only tested from my laptop, so only one remote IP. I'll check tomorrow and see if it's still there since this router doesn't (or shouldn't) get any REST API calls.
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Re: REST API active users

Thu Apr 25, 2024 6:40 am

Ah, sorry forgot to mention that all my users are from the same ip too. A new user is created every 10 minutes, I think that that is the interval of the keep-alive in the rest api (a new connection created every 10 minutes).
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# WHEN                 VIA        ADDRESS     
 0 2024-04-24 16:31:07  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
 1 2024-04-24 16:41:44  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
 2 2024-04-24 16:51:45  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
 3 2024-04-24 17:01:45  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
 4 2024-04-24 17:11:46  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
 5 2024-04-24 17:21:47  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
 6 2024-04-24 17:31:47  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
 7 2024-04-24 17:41:48  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
 8 2024-04-24 17:51:48  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
 9 2024-04-24 18:01:49  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
10 2024-04-24 18:11:49  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
11 2024-04-24 18:21:50  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
12 2024-04-24 18:31:50  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
13 2024-04-24 18:41:51  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
14 2024-04-24 18:51:52  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
15 2024-04-24 19:01:52  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
16 2024-04-24 19:11:53  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
17 2024-04-24 19:21:53  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
18 2024-04-24 19:31:54  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
19 2024-04-24 19:41:54  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
20 2024-04-24 19:51:55  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
21 2024-04-24 20:01:55  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
22 2024-04-24 20:11:56  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
23 2024-04-24 20:21:56  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
24 2024-04-24 20:31:57  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
25 2024-04-24 20:41:57  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
26 2024-04-24 20:51:58  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
27 2024-04-24 21:01:59  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
28 2024-04-24 21:11:59  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
29 2024-04-24 21:22:00  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
30 2024-04-24 21:32:00  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
31 2024-04-24 21:42:01  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
32 2024-04-24 21:52:01  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
33 2024-04-24 22:02:02  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
34 2024-04-24 22:12:02  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
35 2024-04-24 22:22:03  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
36 2024-04-24 22:32:04  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
37 2024-04-24 22:42:04  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
38 2024-04-24 22:52:05  (unknown)  192.xx.xx.1
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Re: REST API active users

Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:12 pm

Sent an email to Mikrotik support about this, they confirmed it is a real issue, and they are aware of it.
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Re: REST API active users

Mon May 06, 2024 3:33 pm

Hello, Same issue in 7.13.5
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 /user/active/print
Columns: WHEN, NAME, ADDRESS, VIA
   # WHEN                 NAME   ADDRESS         VIA
   0 2024-02-29 18:09:04  admin  172.31.111.2    (unknown)
   1 2024-02-29 18:19:27  admin  172.31.111.2    (unknown)
   2 2024-02-29 18:29:27  admin  172.31.111.2    (unknown)
   3 2024-02-29 18:39:27  admin  172.31.111.2    (unknown)
   4 2024-02-29 18:49:57  admin  172.31.111.2    (unknown)
   5 2024-02-29 19:00:27  admin  172.31.111.2    (unknown)
   6 2024-02-29 19:10:27  admin  172.31.111.2    (unknown)
   7 2024-02-29 19:20:57  admin  172.31.111.2    (unknown)
   8 2024-02-29 19:31:27  admin  172.31.111.2    (unknown)
   9 2024-02-29 19:41:27  admin  172.31.111.2    (unknown)
  10 2024-02-29 19:51:27  admin  172.31.111.2    (unknown)
  11 2024-02-29 20:01:27  admin  172.31.111.2    (unknown)
  12 2024-02-29 20:11:57  admin  172.31.111.2    (unknown)
  
  /user/active/print count-only
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