diff --git a/continuity/manager_relaystate_test.go b/continuity/manager_relaystate_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c37b4d5b8d45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/continuity/manager_relaystate_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+// Copyright © 2022 Ory Corp
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package continuity_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ory/kratos/driver/config"
+
+	"github.com/ory/kratos/internal/testhelpers"
+
+	"github.com/ory/x/ioutilx"
+
+	"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"github.com/tidwall/gjson"
+
+	"github.com/ory/herodot"
+	"github.com/ory/x/logrusx"
+
+	"github.com/ory/kratos/continuity"
+	"github.com/ory/kratos/identity"
+	"github.com/ory/kratos/internal"
+	"github.com/ory/kratos/x"
+)
+
+func TestManagerRelayState(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	conf, reg := internal.NewFastRegistryWithMocks(t)
+
+	testhelpers.SetDefaultIdentitySchema(conf, "file://../test/stub/identity/empty.schema.json")
+	conf.MustSet(ctx, config.ViperKeyPublicBaseURL, "https://www.ory.sh")
+	i := identity.NewIdentity("")
+	require.NoError(t, reg.PrivilegedIdentityPool().CreateIdentity(context.Background(), i))
+
+	var newServer = func(t *testing.T, p continuity.Manager, tc *persisterTestCase) *httptest.Server {
+		writer := herodot.NewJSONWriter(logrusx.New("", ""))
+		router := httprouter.New()
+		router.PUT("/:name", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, ps httprouter.Params) {
+			if err := p.Pause(r.Context(), w, r, ps.ByName("name"), tc.ro...); err != nil {
+				writer.WriteError(w, r, err)
+				return
+			}
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+		})
+
+		router.POST("/:name", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, ps httprouter.Params) {
+			relayState := r.URL.Query().Get("RelayState")
+
+			r.PostForm = make(url.Values)
+			r.PostForm.Set("RelayState", relayState)
+
+			c, err := p.Continue(r.Context(), w, r, ps.ByName("name"), tc.wo...)
+			if err != nil {
+				writer.WriteError(w, r, err)
+				return
+			}
+			writer.Write(w, r, c)
+		})
+
+		router.DELETE("/:name", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, ps httprouter.Params) {
+			relayState := r.URL.Query().Get("RelayState")
+
+			r.PostForm = make(url.Values)
+			r.PostForm.Set("RelayState", relayState)
+
+			err := p.Abort(r.Context(), w, r, ps.ByName("name"))
+			if err != nil {
+				writer.WriteError(w, r, err)
+				return
+			}
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+		})
+
+		ts := httptest.NewServer(router)
+		t.Cleanup(func() {
+			ts.Close()
+		})
+		return ts
+	}
+
+	var newClient = func() *http.Client {
+		return &http.Client{Jar: x.EasyCookieJar(t, nil)}
+	}
+
+	p := reg.RelayStateContinuityManager()
+	cl := newClient()
+
+	t.Run("case=continue cookie persists with same http client", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ts := newServer(t, p, new(persisterTestCase))
+		name := x.NewUUID().String()
+		href := ts.URL + "/" + name
+
+		res, err := cl.Do(x.NewTestHTTPRequest(t, "PUT", href, nil))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NoError(t, res.Body.Close())
+		require.Equal(t, http.StatusNoContent, res.StatusCode)
+
+		req := x.NewTestHTTPRequest(t, "POST", href, nil)
+		require.Len(t, res.Cookies(), 1)
+
+		res, err = cl.Do(req)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, res.StatusCode)
+
+		body := ioutilx.MustReadAll(res.Body)
+		assert.Contains(t, gjson.GetBytes(body, "name").String(), name)
+
+		t.Cleanup(func() { require.NoError(t, res.Body.Close()) })
+
+		require.Len(t, res.Cookies(), 1)
+		assert.EqualValues(t, res.Cookies()[0].Name, continuity.CookieName)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("case=continue cookie reconstructed and delivered with valid relaystate", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ts := newServer(t, p, new(persisterTestCase))
+		name := x.NewUUID().String()
+		href := ts.URL + "/" + name
+
+		res, err := cl.Do(x.NewTestHTTPRequest(t, "PUT", href, nil))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NoError(t, res.Body.Close())
+		require.Equal(t, http.StatusNoContent, res.StatusCode)
+
+		var relayState string
+
+		for _, c := range res.Cookies() {
+			relayState = c.Value
+		}
+
+		req := x.NewTestHTTPRequest(t, "POST", href+"?RelayState="+url.QueryEscape(relayState), nil)
+		require.Len(t, res.Cookies(), 1)
+
+		res, err = http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, res.StatusCode)
+
+		body := ioutilx.MustReadAll(res.Body)
+		assert.Contains(t, gjson.GetBytes(body, "name").String(), name)
+
+		t.Cleanup(func() { require.NoError(t, res.Body.Close()) })
+
+		require.Len(t, res.Cookies(), 1)
+		assert.EqualValues(t, res.Cookies()[0].Name, continuity.CookieName)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("case=continue cookie not delivered with invalid relaystate", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ts := newServer(t, p, new(persisterTestCase))
+		name := x.NewUUID().String()
+		href := ts.URL + "/" + name
+
+		res, err := cl.Do(x.NewTestHTTPRequest(t, "PUT", href, nil))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NoError(t, res.Body.Close())
+		require.Equal(t, http.StatusNoContent, res.StatusCode)
+
+		var relayState string
+
+		for _, c := range res.Cookies() {
+			relayState = c.Value
+			relayState = strings.Replace(relayState, "a", "b", 1)
+		}
+		require.Len(t, res.Cookies(), 1)
+
+		req := x.NewTestHTTPRequest(t, "POST", href+"?RelayState="+url.QueryEscape(relayState), nil)
+
+		res, err = http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, http.StatusBadRequest, res.StatusCode)
+
+		body := ioutilx.MustReadAll(res.Body)
+		assert.Contains(t, gjson.GetBytes(body, "error.reason").String(), continuity.ErrNotResumable.ReasonField)
+
+		t.Cleanup(func() { require.NoError(t, res.Body.Close()) })
+
+		require.Len(t, res.Cookies(), 0, "the cookie couldn't be reconstructed without a valid relaystate")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("case=continue cookie not delivered without relaystate", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ts := newServer(t, p, new(persisterTestCase))
+		name := x.NewUUID().String()
+		href := ts.URL + "/" + name
+
+		res, err := cl.Do(x.NewTestHTTPRequest(t, "PUT", href, nil))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NoError(t, res.Body.Close())
+		require.Equal(t, http.StatusNoContent, res.StatusCode)
+		require.Len(t, res.Cookies(), 1)
+
+		req := x.NewTestHTTPRequest(t, "POST", href, nil)
+
+		res, err = http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, http.StatusBadRequest, res.StatusCode)
+
+		body := ioutilx.MustReadAll(res.Body)
+		assert.Contains(t, gjson.GetBytes(body, "error.reason").String(), continuity.ErrNotResumable.ReasonField)
+
+		t.Cleanup(func() { require.NoError(t, res.Body.Close()) })
+
+		require.Len(t, res.Cookies(), 0, "the cookie couldn't be reconstructed without a valid relaystate")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("case=pause, abort, and continue session with failure", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ts := newServer(t, p, new(persisterTestCase))
+		name := x.NewUUID().String()
+		href := ts.URL + "/" + name
+
+		res, err := cl.Do(x.NewTestHTTPRequest(t, "PUT", href, nil))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NoError(t, res.Body.Close())
+		require.Equal(t, http.StatusNoContent, res.StatusCode)
+
+		req := x.NewTestHTTPRequest(t, "DELETE", href, nil)
+
+		res, err = cl.Do(req)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		t.Cleanup(func() { require.NoError(t, res.Body.Close()) })
+		require.Equal(t, http.StatusNoContent, res.StatusCode)
+
+		req = x.NewTestHTTPRequest(t, "POST", href, nil)
+
+		res, err = cl.Do(req)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, http.StatusBadRequest, res.StatusCode)
+
+		body := ioutilx.MustReadAll(res.Body)
+		assert.Contains(t, gjson.GetBytes(body, "error.reason").String(), continuity.ErrNotResumable.ReasonField)
+
+		t.Cleanup(func() { require.NoError(t, res.Body.Close()) })
+
+		require.Len(t, res.Cookies(), 0, "the cookie couldn't be reconstructed without a valid relaystate")
+	})
+}
diff --git a/x/relaystate.go b/x/relaystate.go
index a28c97024d58..04e3760741a4 100644
--- a/x/relaystate.go
+++ b/x/relaystate.go
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ import (
 func SessionGetStringRelayState(r *http.Request, s sessions.StoreExact, id string, key interface{}) (string, error) {
 
 	cipherRelayState := r.PostForm.Get("RelayState")
-	if cipherRelayState == "" {
-		return "", errors.New("The RelayState is empty or not exists")
-	}
 
 	// Reconstructs the cookie from the ciphered value
 	continuityCookie := &http.Cookie{
@@ -22,8 +19,7 @@ func SessionGetStringRelayState(r *http.Request, s sessions.StoreExact, id strin
 		MaxAge: 300,
 	}
 
-	r2 := r.Clone(r.Context())
-	r2.AddCookie(continuityCookie)
+	r.AddCookie(continuityCookie)
 
 	check := func(v map[interface{}]interface{}) (string, error) {
 		vv, ok := v[key]
@@ -37,7 +33,7 @@ func SessionGetStringRelayState(r *http.Request, s sessions.StoreExact, id strin
 	}
 
 	var exactErr error
-	sessionCookie, err := s.GetExact(r2, id, func(s *sessions.Session) bool {
+	sessionCookie, err := s.GetExact(r, id, func(s *sessions.Session) bool {
 		_, exactErr = check(s.Values)
 		return exactErr == nil
 	})