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Session cookies are persisted on session restore #28379

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goodov opened this issue Feb 8, 2023 · 18 comments · Fixed by brave/brave-core#17122
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Session cookies are persisted on session restore #28379

goodov opened this issue Feb 8, 2023 · 18 comments · Fixed by brave/brave-core#17122

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goodov commented Feb 8, 2023

Chromium implements session cookie restore to persist them during updates (browser restart), but this is also applied when "Continue where you left off" is enabled. It's unclear if this is intentional, but this in fact allows these cookies to live much longer than other "persisted" cookie variants.

You can try this test https://bayden.com/test/sessions/
All Chromium browsers persists session cookies (but not sessionStorage) across page closes and browser resets in "Continue where you left off" mode.

An article from Eric Lawrence which also covers this topic:
https://textslashplain.com/2019/06/24/surprise-undead-session-cookies/


Note (by @ShivanKaul): this issue was fixed by brave/brave-core#17122 for all platforms except MacOS.

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goodov commented Feb 14, 2023

Note for @brave/qa-team - Need to run test cases 1, 2, 4 on Linux. Test case 3 is N/A. Should run 1, 2, 3, 4 on Windows and macOS.

Test case 1 (quit+open)

  1. Ensure "Continue where you left off" is enabled.
  2. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  3. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  4. Fully quit browser.
  5. Open browser.
  6. Expect the session is restored and the website is still opened.
  7. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  8. Expect sessionCookie has changed to no value.

Test case 2 (brave://restart)

  1. Ensure "Continue where you left off" is enabled.
  2. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  3. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  4. Restart the browser via brave://restart.
  5. Expect the session is restored and the website is still opened.
  6. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  7. Expect sessionCookie is still lightcyan.

Test case 3 (browser update)

  1. Install slightly old nightly version which includes this fix, but which will want to update.
  2. Ensure "Continue where you left off" is enabled.
  3. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  4. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  5. Apply update via "Update" button, browser should restart automatically.
  6. Expect the session is restored and the website is still opened.
  7. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  8. Expect sessionCookie is still lightcyan.

Test case 4 (disabled feature, old behavior)

  1. Ensure "Continue where you left off" is enabled.
  2. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  3. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  4. Fully quit browser.
  5. Launch browser with --disable-features=BraveCleanupSessionCookiesOnSessionRestore.
  6. Expect the session is restored and the website is still opened.
  7. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  8. Expect sessionCookie is still lightcyan.

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LaurenWags commented Mar 16, 2023

Verified with

Brave | 1.50.92 Chromium: 111.0.5563.64 (Official Build) beta (x86_64)
-- | --
Revision | c710e93d5b63b7095afe8c2c17df34408078439d-refs/branch-heads/5563@{#995}
OS | macOS Version 12.6.3 (Build 21G419)

Verified test plan from #28379 (comment).

Test Case 1 (quit + open) - PASSED
  1. Ensure "Continue where you left off" is enabled.
  2. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  3. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  4. Fully quit browser.
  5. Open browser.
  6. Expect the session is restored and the website is still opened.
  7. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  8. Expect sessionCookie has changed to undefined.

Note, confirmed with @goodov that sessionCookie has no value is ok here, the main thing is that this sessionCookie does not say lightcyan.

Step 1 Step 3 Step 6 Step 8
1 3 6 8
Test case 2 (brave://restart) - PASSED
  1. Ensure "Continue where you left off" is enabled.
  2. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  3. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  4. Restart the browser via brave://restart.
  5. Expect the session is restored and the website is still opened.
  6. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  7. Expect sessionCookie is still lightcyan.
Step 1 Step 3 Step 5 Step 7
1 3 5 7
Test case 3 (browser update) - FAILED, follow up issue logged
  1. Install slightly old beta version which includes this fix, but which will want to update. (I used 1.50.86)
  2. Ensure "Continue where you left off" is enabled.
  3. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  4. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  5. Navigate to brave://settings/help and apply update via "Relaunch" button, browser should restart automatically.
  6. Expect the session is restored and the website is still opened.
  7. Navigate to test page and refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  8. Expect sessionCookie is still lightcyan. However, it is not. Logged session cookie not persisted on restart when applying browser update - follow up to 28379 #29135 as a follow up.
Step 1 Step 2 Step 4 Step 5 Step 8
1 2 4 5 8
Test case 4 (disabled feature, old behavior) - PASSED
  1. Ensure "Continue where you left off" is enabled.
  2. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  3. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  4. Fully quit browser.
  5. Launch browser with --disable-features=BraveCleanupSessionCookiesOnSessionRestore.
  6. Expect the session is restored and the website is still opened.
  7. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  8. Expect sessionCookie is still lightcyan.

Logs from step 5:

laurenwags@Laurens-MBP ~ % /Applications/Brave\ Browser\ Beta.app/Contents/MacOS/Brave\ Browser\ Beta --args --enable-logging=stderr --disable-features=BraveCleanupSessionCookiesOnSessionRestore
[17908:259:0317/133341.048336:WARNING:chrome_main_delegate.cc(618)] This is Chrome version 111.1.50.92 (not a warning)
[17908:259:0317/133341.313808:WARNING:external_provider_impl.cc(503)] Malformed extension dictionary for extension: odbfpeeihdkbihmopkbjmoonfanlbfcl.  Key external_update_url has value "", which is not a valid URL.
objc[17917]: Class WebSwapCGLLayer is implemented in both /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/WebCore.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/libANGLE-shared.dylib (0x7ffb5c20fec8) and /Applications/Brave Browser Beta.app/Contents/Frameworks/Brave Browser Beta Framework.framework/Versions/111.1.50.92/Libraries/libGLESv2.dylib (0x1074aa850). One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
[17908:259:0317/133342.387026:INFO:CONSOLE(12)] "{"sessionColor":"lightcyan"}", source: https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ (12)
Step 1 Step 3 Step 8
1 3 8
Regression set 1 - "Open the New Tab page" setting - PASSED

Case 1:

  1. Ensure "Open the New Tab page" is enabled.
  2. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  3. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  4. Fully quit browser.
  5. Open browser.
  6. Expect the session is not restored and the website is not still opened.
  7. Navigate to https://bayden.com/test/sessions/
  8. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  9. Expect sessionCookie has no value.
  10. Confirmed this behaves the same in 1.49.x as well
Step 1 Step 3 Step 9
1 3 9

Case 2:

  1. Ensure "Open the New Tab page" is enabled.
  2. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  3. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  4. Restart the browser via brave://restart.
  5. Expect the session is restored and the website is still opened.
  6. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  7. Expect sessionCookie is still lightcyan.
  8. Confirmed this behaves the same in 1.49.x as well
Step 1 Step 3 Step 7
1 3 7

Case 3:

  1. Install slightly old version which will want to update. (I used 1.50.86)
  2. Ensure "Open the New Tab page" is enabled.
  3. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  4. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  5. Navigate to brave://settings/help and apply update via "Relaunch" button, browser should restart automatically.
  6. Expect the session is not restored and the website is not still opened.
  7. Navigate to https://bayden.com/test/sessions/
  8. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  9. Expect sessionCookie has no value.
  10. Confirmed this behaves the same in 1.49.x as well
Step 2 Step 4 Step 9
1 4 9
Regression set 2 - "Open a specific page or set of pages" setting - PASSED

Case 1:

  1. Ensure "Open a specific page or set of pages" is enabled (have at least one page configured like brave.com)
  2. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  3. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  4. Fully quit browser.
  5. Open browser.
  6. Expect the session is not restored and the website is not still opened.
  7. Navigate to https://bayden.com/test/sessions/
  8. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  9. Expect sessionCookie has no value.
  10. Confirmed this behaves the same in 1.49.x as well
Step 1 Step 3 Step 9
1 3 9

Case 2:

  1. Ensure "Open a specific page or set of pages" is enabled (have at least one page configured like brave.com)
  2. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  3. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  4. Restart the browser via brave://restart.
  5. Expect the session is restored and the website is still opened.
  6. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  7. Expect sessionCookie is still lightcyan.
  8. Confirmed this behaves the same in 1.49.x as well
Step 1 Step 3 Step 7
1 3 7

Case 3:

  1. Install slightly old version which will want to update. (I used 1.50.86)
  2. Ensure "Open a specific page or set of pages" is enabled (have at least one page configured like brave.com)
  3. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  4. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  5. Navigate to brave://settings/help and apply update via "Relaunch" button, browser should restart automatically.
  6. Expect the session is not restored and the website is not still opened.
  7. Navigate to https://bayden.com/test/sessions/
  8. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  9. Expect sessionCookie has no value.
  10. Confirmed this behaves the same in 1.49.x as well
Step 2 Step 4 Step 9
2 4 9

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goodov commented Mar 17, 2023

Test case 3 (browser update) - FAILED, follow up issue logged

I dig a little and found a PR which tries to fix the restart on MacOS. Right now it doesn't work as expected, instead it's pretty crazy how the "update restart" currently actually works on MacOS (in a bad way).

https://github.com/brave/brave-core/pull/15257/files#r1140262599

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MadhaviSeelam commented Mar 24, 2023

Verification PASSED using

Brave | 1.50.101 Chromium: 111.0.5563.116 (Official Build) beta (64-bit)
-- | --
Revision | ade86b9472831e26d87fd569e04b404be01e1e2b-refs/branch-heads/5563@{#1209}
OS | Windows 11 Version 22H2 (Build 22621.1413)

Verified test plan from #28379 (comment).

Test Case 1 (quit + open) - PASSED 1. Install 1.50.101 2. launch Brave 3. visit `brave://settings` and confirm "Continue where you left off" is enabled 4. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose `lightcyan` from selector. 5. Ensure `sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan`. 6. Fully quit browser. 7. Open browser. 8. Expect the session is restored and the website is still opened. 9. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R). 10. Expect `sessionCookie` **has changed to** `undefined`.

Note, confirmed with @goodov that sessionCookie has no value is ok here, the main thing is that this sessionCookie does not say lightcyan.

step 3 step 5 step 8 step 10
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Test Case 2 (Exit + open) - PASSED
  1. Install 1.50.101
  2. launch Brave
  3. visit brave://settings and confirm "Continue where you left off" is enabled
  4. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  5. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  6. quit browser via hamburger menu>>Exit
  7. Open browser.
  8. Expect the session is restored and the website is still opened.
  9. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  10. Expect sessionCookie has changed to undefined.

Note, confirmed with @goodov that sessionCookie has no value is ok here, the main thing is that this sessionCookie does not say lightcyan.

step 3 step 5 step 6 step 10
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Test case 3 (brave://restart) - PASSED
  1. new profile
  2. launch Brave
  3. Ensure "Continue where you left off" is enabled.
  4. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  5. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  6. Restart the browser via brave://restart.
  7. Expect the session is restored and the website is still opened.
  8. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  9. Expect sessionCookie is still lightcyan.
Step 3 Step 5 Step 7 Step 9
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Test case 4 (browser update) - PASSED
  1. Install slightly old beta version which includes this fix, but which will want to update. (I used 1.50.86)
  2. Ensure "Continue where you left off" is enabled.
  3. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  4. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  5. Navigate to brave://settings/help and apply update via "Relaunch" button, browser should restart automatically.
  6. Expect the session is restored and the website is still opened.
  7. Navigate to test page and refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  8. Expect sessionCookie is still lightcyan.
Step 1 Step 2 Step 4 Step 5 Step 8
image image image image image
Test case 5 (disabled feature, old behavior) - PASSED
  1. new profile
  2. launch Brave
  3. close and relaunch Brave
  4. Ensure "Continue where you left off" is enabled.
  5. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  6. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  7. Fully quit browser.
  8. Launch browser with --disable-features=BraveCleanupSessionCookiesOnSessionRestore.
  9. Expect the session is restored and the website is still opened.
  10. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  11. Expect sessionCookie is still lightcyan.
step 2 step 3 step 4 step 6 step 11
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Regression set 1 - "Open the New Tab page" setting - PASSED

Case 1: - PASSED

  1. Ensure "Open the New Tab page" is enabled.
  2. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  3. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  4. Fully quit browser.
  5. Open browser.
  6. Expect the session is not restored and the website is not still opened.
  7. Navigate to https://bayden.com/test/sessions/
  8. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  9. Expect sessionCookie has no value.
  10. Confirmed this behaves the same in 1.49.x as well
Step 1 Step 3 Step 6 Step 9
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Case 2: - PASSED

  1. Ensure "Open the New Tab page" is enabled.
  2. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  3. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  4. Restart the browser via brave://restart.
  5. Expect the session is restored and the website is still opened.
  6. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  7. Expect sessionCookie is still lightcyan.
  8. Confirmed this behaves the same in 1.49.x as well
Step 1 Step 3 Step 7
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Case 3: - PASSED

  1. Install slightly old version which will want to update. (I used 1.50.86)
  2. Ensure "Open the New Tab page" is enabled.
  3. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  4. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  5. Navigate to brave://settings/help and apply update via "Relaunch" button, browser should restart automatically.
  6. Expect the session is not restored and the website is not still opened.
  7. Navigate to https://bayden.com/test/sessions/
  8. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  9. Expect sessionCookie has no value.
  10. Confirmed this behaves the same in 1.49.x as well
Step1 Step 2 Step 4 Step 9
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Regression set 2 - "Open a specific page or set of pages" setting - PASSED

Case 1: PASSED

  1. Ensure "Open a specific page or set of pages" is enabled (have at least one page configured like brave.com)
  2. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  3. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  4. Fully quit browser.
  5. Open browser.
  6. Expect the session is not restored and the website is not still opened.
  7. Navigate to https://bayden.com/test/sessions/
  8. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  9. Expect sessionCookie has no value.
  10. Confirmed this behaves the same in 1.49.x as well
Step 1 Step 3 Step 8 Step 9
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Case 2: PASSED

  1. Ensure "Open a specific page or set of pages" is enabled (have at least one page configured like brave.com)
  2. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  3. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  4. Restart the browser via brave://restart.
  5. Expect the session is restored and the website is still opened.
  6. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  7. Expect sessionCookie is still lightcyan.
  8. Confirmed this behaves the same in 1.49.x as well
Step 1 Step 3 Step 7
image image image

Case 3: PASSED

  1. Install slightly old version which will want to update. (I used 1.50.86)
  2. Ensure "Open a specific page or set of pages" is enabled (have at least one page configured like brave.com)
  3. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  4. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  5. Navigate to brave://settings/help and apply update via "Relaunch" button, browser should restart automatically.
  6. Expect the session is not restored and the website is not still opened.
  7. Navigate to https://bayden.com/test/sessions/
  8. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  9. Expect sessionCookie has no value.
  10. Confirmed this behaves the same in 1.49.x as well
Step 1 Step 2 Step 4 Step 5 Step 9
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goodov commented Mar 27, 2023

Test case 5 (disabled feature, old behavior) - FAILED

that's weird. Can you please check brave://version after reopening that --disable-features parameter is there?

this is what I got:

vBKXxaCsSt.mp4

Regression set 1 - "Open the New Tab page" - FAILED setting
Regression set 2 - "Open a specific page or set of pages" setting - FAILED

The failed regression cases where you use MacOS as a baseline are initially not exactly correct. The browser should restore an old session after a restart triggered by an update no matter what the current restore mode is selected. The reason why the browser doesn't do it on MacOS is because of this.

So this inconsistency with MacOS is currently expected, but we should use Windows version as the baseline in the update-restart test cases. The browser should restore the active session during update-restart no matter what the session restore option is selected. That's the thing we currently miss on MacOS and is visible only when "Continue where you left off" is not selected.

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MadhaviSeelam commented Mar 28, 2023

@goodov --disable-features parameter is shown in brave://version after relaunching Brave but not seeing expected results as mentioned before. @GeetaSarvadnya seeing same results as me. I have tested in latest nightly (since you tested there) as well and not seeing expected results.

cc: @rebron @kjozwiak

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goodov commented Mar 29, 2023

@goodov --disable-features parameter is shown in brave://version after relaunching Brave but not seeing expected results as mentioned before. @GeetaSarvadnya seeing same results as me. I have tested in latest nightly (since you tested there) as well and not seeing expected results.

cc: @rebron @kjozwiak

Thank you for the video! I've reproduced it, but it's not related to the new feature. For some reason, session cookies set in the very first launch are not preserved on a first restart. This behavior is also exists in the current Release builds (1.49.x) which don't have the new feature we're testing here.

Please rerun the test case, but do a restart before running the test case to ensure that it's not affected by this first run issue.

Please create the issue for this bug in 1.49.x with a description of the session cookie drop after a first restart when "Continue where you left off" is enabled.

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GeetaSarvadnya commented Apr 3, 2023

Verification PASSED on

Brave	1.50.108 Chromium: 112.0.5615.39 (Official Build) (64-bit) 
Revision	a0e7b9718a92bcd1cf33b7c95316caff3fc20714-refs/branch-heads/5615@{#753}
OS	Linux

Verified test plan from #28379 (comment).

Test Case 1 (quit + open) - PASSED
  1. Ensure "Continue where you left off" is enabled.
  2. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  3. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  4. Fully quit browser.
  5. Open browser.
  6. Expect the session is restored and the website is still opened.
  7. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  8. Expect sessionCookie has changed to undefined.

Note, confirmed with @goodov that sessionCookie has no value is ok here, the main thing is that this sessionCookie does not say lightcyan.

Step 1 Step 3 Step 6 Step 8
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Test case 2 (brave://restart) - PASSED
  1. Ensure "Continue where you left off" is enabled.
  2. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  3. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  4. Restart the browser via brave://restart.
  5. Expect the session is restored and the website is still opened.
  6. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  7. Expect sessionCookie is still lightcyan.
Step 1 Step 3 Step 5 Step 7
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Test case 4 (disabled feature, old behavior) - Encountered #29392
  1. Ensure "Continue where you left off" is enabled.
  2. Open https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ and choose lightcyan from selector.
  3. Ensure sessionCookie says color is: lightcyan.
  4. Fully quit browser.
  5. Launch browser with --disable-features=BraveCleanupSessionCookiesOnSessionRestore.
  6. Expect the session is restored and the website is still opened.
  7. Refresh the page (Ctrl/Cmd+R).
  8. Expect sessionCookie is still lightcyan.
Step 1 Step 3 Step 8
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@goodov are session cookies expected to persist between browser restarts on MacOS? I have Continue where you left off turned on in latest Nightly on MacOS, and see that the session cookie persists after a browser restart. I'm using https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ to test.

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Screen.Recording.2023-07-17.at.5.58.07.PM.mov

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goodov commented Jul 18, 2023

@goodov are session cookies expected to persist between browser restarts on MacOS? I have Continue where you left off turned on in latest Nightly on MacOS, and see that the session cookie persists after a browser restart. I'm using https://bayden.com/test/sessions/ to test.

yes. We need to fix the update process on MacOS for this feature to work properly. #25576

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That issue deals with the case where there's a pending browser update though right? I don't have a pending browser update. I'm able to repro with Brave Release as well.

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LaurenWags commented Jul 18, 2023

@ShivanKaul afaik this issue was not implemented on macOS due to the issue I faced in #29135 which I believe is related to what @goodov noted in #28379 (comment).

There was a griffin PR to disable this feature on macOS - brave/brave-variations#557, meaning the old (previous) behavior is expected on macOS, but not Win/Linux.

@goodov please correct me if I am not remembering this correctly.

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That's v helpful, thanks @LaurenWags! I've updated this issue's description to make that clearer.

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good call, thanks @ShivanKaul. We should have clarified what happened previously 👍🏻

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goodov commented Jul 19, 2023

That issue deals with the case where there's a pending browser update though right? I don't have a pending browser update. I'm able to repro with Brave Release as well.

We don't enable the feature because it breaks the update-restart case where session cookies should be kept.

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Geod24 commented Jul 25, 2023

I was looking into this change, as it breaks my organisation's use of Brave, and wanted to control it via policy. I found https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039248271-Group-Policy but it seems that this specific setting is not exposed via a policy ?

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@Geod24 can you create a new issue? It would be great if you can also mention what platforms you're interested in, and any other details.

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