---
title: Cookie Presence Decision node
description: Checks that a named cookie is present in the incoming authentication request.
component: auth-node-ref
version: latest
page_id: auth-node-ref::cookie-presence-decision
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/auth-node-ref/latest/cookie-presence-decision.html
keywords: ["Nodes & Trees", "Journeys", "Authentication"]
page_aliases: ["auth-node-cookie-presence-decision.adoc"]
superseded_by: https://docs.pingidentity.com/auth-node-ref/latest/cookie-presence-decision.html
section_ids:
  availability: Availability
  outcomes: Outcomes
  configuration: Configuration
---

# Cookie Presence Decision node

Checks that a named cookie is present in the incoming authentication request.

This node does not check the value of the named cookie, only that it exists.

## Availability

| Product                               | Available? |
| ------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud       | Yes        |
| PingAM (self-managed)                 | Yes        |
| Ping Identity Platform (self-managed) | Yes        |

## Outcomes

* `True`

* `False`

## Configuration

| Property                    | Usage                                                                                                                                                                     |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Name of Cookie *(required)* | Evaluation continues along the `True` path if the named cookie is present in the incoming authentication request; otherwise, evaluation continues along the `False` path. |