Error "SAML Assertion could not be validated. Please contact your administrator. Retry Now”

The following error can be returned when logging in to the pod:

SAML Assertion could not be validated. Please contact your administrator. Retry Now” and in Devtool error is {"status":"FORBIDDEN" Status Code: 403}

Usually, this error happens if the requests go to the Key Manager (KM) on /relay/setsession and return an HTTP 403 response. 

To fix this issue:

  1. First, refer to this article and check if there are no issues with the certificates: SAML assertion could not be validated error
  2. If the certificate is valid, log in to the On-premises Key Manager.
  3. Navigate to the Symphony Configurations directory.
  4. Open the keymanager_config.json configuration file.
  5. Change the value of the disableSkeyAuthentication argument from "true" to "false":
    "disableSkeyAuthentication": "false",
  1. Save the file.
  2. Test if you can log in.