Open Bug 1969398 Opened 7 months ago Updated 3 months ago

"Clear history when Firefox closes" should not delete open tabs and tab groups

Categories

(Firefox :: Session Restore, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Session Restore
Version:
Firefox 138
Platform:
Desktop
All
Type:
defect

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People

(Reporter: mozilla, Unassigned, NeedInfo)

References

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:138.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/138.0

Steps to reproduce:

I ticked the box to "clear history when Firefox closes".

Screenshot: https://snipboard.io/vgp75G.jpg

Actual results:

I restarted Firefox and was surprised that all my open tabs and tab groups have been deleted as well.

Expected results:

I would have expected that this setting clears my history while preserving my open tabs because I also ticked the box to "open previous windows and tabs".

Screenshot: https://snipboard.io/hN1JZ5.jpg

The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'Firefox::Session Restore' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please correct in case you think the bot is wrong.

Component: Untriaged → Session Restore

Hi Mark and Jules,

After discussing this with the Session Restore team we think the current behavior, which errs on the side of privacy, is correct. However, these two settings are somewhat at odds with each other. Given you're working on a redesign of the settings, I think it would be good to get your input on how to communicate this interaction.

Flags: needinfo?(mstriemer)
Flags: needinfo?(jules)

Hey DJ, I'm tagging our content designer instead, who will write the strings. Thanks!

Flags: needinfo?(jules) → needinfo?(btrotter)

Thanks team!

I think there should be a new setting introduced here: https://imgur.com/a/jzUvtdH

To check or uncheck whether you want to also clear your currently opened tabs and tab groups.

See Also: → 1971438

Hello, thank you for the bug report!
Managed to reproduce this issue on:

  • Firefox Nightly 142.0a1;
  • Firefox 141.0;
  • Firefox 140.0.4;

Tested on:

  • Windows 10;
  • Ubuntu 22;
  • macOS 15;

Setting as NEW.

Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
OS: Unspecified → All
Hardware: Unspecified → Desktop

Any news on this bug? Has any work already started to get this fixed?

Thanks!

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