1152803 - Firefox does not clear history/data on exit when specified

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Untriaged, defect)

Description

[Patrick Seiter]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.10; rv:37.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/37.0
Build ID: 20150402191859

Steps to reproduce:

1. Go into Tools / Options or Firefox / Preferences.
2. Click the "Privacy" tab. (Select "Firefox will: Use custom settings for history") Check "Clear history when Firefox closes", and then "Settings...".
3. "When I quit Firefox, it should automatically clear all:"
* Cookies
* Active Logins
* Cache
4. Restart Firefox.
5. Either navigate to a website you were logged into or go back to the "Privacy" tab: click "Show Cookies..." and see if you still have cookies from your last session.


Actual results:

Firefox will not automatically delete my active logins, cache, or cookies. No matter how many times I reboot Firefox, it keeps me logged into Gmail and all my other web apps. This is true on Windows 7, Windows XP, and OS X 10.10


Expected results:

It should have logged me out of every website and delete all my cookies from my last session (some cookies will re-populate since I have "Show my windows and tabs from last time" selected).

Comment 1

[ovidiu boca[:Ovidiu]]

Build ID:20151208030212
User Agent:Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.10; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0

Hi,
I tested this on Mac OS X 10.10 with FF Nightly 45.0a1 and I can't reproduce your problem. 

Please download the Firefox Nightly from here: https://nightly.mozilla.org/ and retest the problem.

If you still have the issue please create a new profile, you have the steps here:https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Managing-profiles#w_starting-the-profile-manager

Please test if the issue can be reproduced in the safe mode of Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode

Comment 2

[ovidiu boca[:Ovidiu]]

Hi,
Marking this as Resolved: Incomplete due to the lack of response from the reporter.
Reporter, please feel free to reopen it if you are still having this issue on the latest Firefox version.