1017647 - Some session cookies aren't preserved across add-on install restart

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Session Restore, defect)

Description

[Mike Kaply [:mkaply]]

Attachment: Extension that does nothing to test restart.

Normally when you install an add-on and restart the browser, session cookies are preserved.

I've done multiple tests to confirm this is the case.

But somehow, I've run into a case where a cookie from a particular site is not being preserved. To recreate:

1. Go to https://produkte.web.de/mailcheck/
2. Click "Kostenlos aktivieren", but do NOT install the add-on. This will set the cookie.
3. Go to the cookie manager and verify that you have a web.de cookie called toolbar-show-runonce. This is a session cookie.
4. Install the attached add-on (It's just an install.rdf. We're only using it to force a browser add-on install restart.)
5. After restart, go to the cookie manager. Notice that the cookie is gone.

I've tried this with a local session cookie that I create on my own web server and the cookie sticks around.

I've also made sure I navigated away from the web.de pages to verify that they weren't interfering at all. They weren't.

I've also verified this worked in Firefox 4. I'm going to try to track down the regression.

Comment 1

[Mike Kaply [:mkaply]]

I checked again in Firefox 4 and they are NOT preserved.

And they are not preserved for any site (my site specific stuff was a red herring).

So apparently this never worked (and I'm not sure it was every supposed to).

So for now, marking INVALID.