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Problem: contribute status is always pending after successful transaction in PayPal Standard

So found this thread really helpful for clues:
http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php?action=post;topic=15617.0;num_replies=20

Joomla 1.5.22
Civi 3.2.3

So looked in my error log and found a 404 for this url:
http://www.mysite.org/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/ipn.php?reset=1&contactID=11575contributionID=1192&module=contribute

Hooray! IPN comes back
Accessed in a browser produces: Failure: Missing Parameter
So... looks like there is a missing parameter sent /returned to and from PayPal?

How to debug from here?
This is a UK PayPal account if that makes a diference?

ps: my civi error log file is always empty.....?!? is media/civicrm/uploads the right location ?

Thanks Lobo

dumping $notifyURL gives me
'xxxx/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/ipn.php?reset=1&contactID=11575&contributionID=1229&module=contribute'

So no missing ampersand....

Record is added as pending and now 404 logs show error regarding session key:

So is this Joomla's session?

Sorry. A non-recoverable error has occurred.
We can't load the requested web page. This page requires cookies to be enabled in your browser settings. Please check this setting and enable cookies (if they are not enabled). Then try again. If this error persists, contact the site adminstrator for assistance.

Site Administrators: This error may indicate that users are accessing this page using a domain or URL other than the configured Base URL. EXAMPLE: Base URL is http://example.org, but some users are accessing the page via http://www.example.org or a domain alias like http://myotherexample.org.

Error type: Could not find a valid session key.

Return to home page.

Not sure what is happening and why. seems like u'll need to go in and debug the code and hunt for the bug

please keep us updated so we can fix core if needed

lobo