1246103 - Cache not cleared on exit

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1244525

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

Description

[jayjayjazz]

Attachment: Settings2.PNG

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:44.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/44.0
Build ID: 20160123151951

Steps to reproduce:

This bug is newly introduced in version 44 of Firefox. It occurs on Windows and Linux. May Windows header:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:44.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/44.0

User "dhgutteridge" reported this issue also on Fedora 23 (Link: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-c12fa80d79)


Needed settings in Firefox:
1) Options --> Privacy
2) Set options according to Screenshot "settings1.png"
3) Set options according to Screenshot "settings2.png"
4) Login to a webpage
5) Logout
6) Close Firefox
7) Re-open Firefox
8) Navigate to the same webpage
9) When you type your mail address to login, it is still in the cache


Actual results:

When you type your mail address to login, it is still in the cache.


Expected results:

The cache should be cleared after closing Firefox.
In version 43 this worked as expected.

Comment 1

[Loic]

Where is the screenshot "settings1.png"?

Comment 2

[jayjayjazz]

Attachment: settings1.PNG

Comment 3

[jayjayjazz]

(In reply to Loic from comment #1)
> Where is the screenshot "settings1.png"?

Sorry, somehow I missed the upload. Now it is uploaded.

Comment 4

[Loic]

Yes, it's a known regression about Firefox not clearing forms on exit.