---
title: Cookie Presence Decision node
description: Configure the Cookie Presence Decision node to check whether a named cookie exists in an incoming authentication request and route the journey accordingly.
component: platform
version: 7.5
page_id: platform:auth-node-ref:cookie-presence-decision
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/platform/7.5/auth-node-ref/cookie-presence-decision.html
llms_txt: https://docs.pingidentity.com/platform/llms.txt
docs_for_agents: https://developer.pingidentity.com/build-with-ai/docs-for-agents.md
keywords: ["Nodes & Trees", "Journeys", "Authentication"]
page_aliases: ["auth-node-cookie-presence-decision.adoc"]
section_ids:
  availability: Availability
  outcomes: Outcomes
  properties: Properties
---

# 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`

## Properties

| 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. |