p=54762 'p' is equal to a post

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I have two URL's
www.domain.com/thread.php?1234-a-brand-new-thread/page2 http://www.domain.com/thread.php?1234-a-brand-new-thread/p=54762

'p' is equal to a post on the second page, so the two URL's above go to an identical page.

Both have the canonical URL:
www.domain.com/thread.php?1234-a-brand-new-thread/page2

However, the two URL's at the top are coming up as duplicate title tags in Search Console's HTML Improvements.

I'm not 100% sure, but I believe the issue may be caused by a Session ID that gets added to the canonical URL when cookies are disabled; and I've read that Googlebot doesn't always use cookies.

So the canonical URL for a browser without cookies would be:
www.domain.com/thread.php?1234-a-brand-new-thread/page2&s=5678

And when another session is started, the canonical URL would be different again.

Should the canonical URL be without a Session ID?

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Canonical url tag should contain the least information possibile to identify the page.

If www.domain.com/thread.php?1234-a-brand-new-thread/page2 is enough to go to that page, just put this as canonical url.

Don't forget to use the rel="next" and rel="prev" tag too.

You can even consider a "view all" page if it's easier to implement.

Check this googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.it/2013/04/5-common-mistakes-with-relcanonical.html

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