Do not include the authenticity token in forms where remote: true as ajax forms use the meta-tag value

actionpack/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Rails 3.2.3 (unreleased) ##
 
+*   Do not include the authenticity token in forms where remote: true as ajax forms use the meta-tag value *DHH*
+
 *   Turn off verbose mode of rack-cache, we still have X-Rack-Cache to
     check that info. Closes #5245. *Santiago Pastorino*
 

actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb

@@ -609,8 +609,15 @@ module ActionView
             # responsibility of the caller to escape all the values.
             html_options["action"]  = url_for(url_for_options)
             html_options["accept-charset"] = "UTF-8"
-            html_options["data-remote"] = true if html_options.delete("remote")
-            html_options["authenticity_token"] = html_options.delete("authenticity_token") if html_options.has_key?("authenticity_token")
+            
+            if html_options.delete("remote")
+              html_options["data-remote"] = true 
+
+              # The authenticity token is taken from the meta tag in this case
+              html_options["authenticity_token"] = false
+            else
+              html_options["authenticity_token"] = html_options.delete("authenticity_token") if html_options.has_key?("authenticity_token")
+            end
           end
         end
 

actionpack/test/controller/request_forgery_protection_test.rb

@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ module RequestForgeryProtectionActions
     render :inline => "<%= form_for(:some_resource, :authenticity_token => false ) {} %>"
   end
 
+  def form_for_remote
+    render :inline => "<%= form_for(:some_resource, :remote => true ) {} %>"
+  end
+
   def rescue_action(e) raise e end
 end
 
@@ -103,6 +107,13 @@ module RequestForgeryProtectionTests
     assert_select 'form>div>input[name=?][value=?]', 'custom_authenticity_token', @token
   end
 
+  def test_should_render_form_without_token_tag_if_remote
+    assert_not_blocked do
+      get :form_for_remote
+    end
+    assert_no_match /authenticity_token/, response.body
+  end
+
   def test_should_allow_get
     assert_not_blocked { get :index }
   end