202878 - will not store one year cookies. must re-login in each time I visit

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Networking: Cookies, defect)

Description

[junkman]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4a) Gecko/20030401
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4a) Gecko/20030401

Even though the cookies is set to expire in one year after each visit mozilla is
deleting the cookie.  this was not happening with version 1.3b or 1.3a just with 1.4

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.login
2.leave site
3.re-enter and will have to login

Actual Results:  
same thing

Expected Results:  
stored the cookie until it's expiration

Comment 1

[Olivier Cahagne]

does it happen with latest nightly build ?
could be bug 198829.

Comment 2

[Darin Fisher]

-> dwitte for duping

Comment 3

[[e-mail]]

otoh, i can't think what to dupe to.

reporter: can you try a recent nightly build?

if that's inconvenient, or you still see the problem, please generate a cookie
log (instructions for win32 can be found at
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193951#c1, same idea applies to linux).

thanks!

Comment 4

[[e-mail]]

oh, just to confirm - the cookie has a 1 year expiry time (when you view it in
the cookie manager), right?

Comment 5

[junkman]

Corect it has a one year expiration date when viewed in the cookie manager.

I have not tried it with the latest build, but will today.

Comment 6

[junkman]

Still having the same problem with even last nights build.

Comment 7

[[e-mail]]

thanks for checking that.

can you please generate a cookie log for the site? instructions for win32 (same
idea for linux) can be found at
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193951#c1. if you can reproduce the
problem and capture it in the log that'd be great.

Comment 8

[David Brunton]

So, I ran into this bug with a client site today, and decided to poke around a
bit more.  We enabled cookie logging.  It is a 1.4RC1 build, running on i386
Linux, yada yada.  At any rate, our problem was similar to the one described,
except it was a ten year cookie.  Here's the kicker.

When we turned on cookie logging, the problem went away.  No shit.  Just to make
sure, we turned /off/ cookie logging, and tried it again.  The problem
re-appeared.  I can attach the cookie log if necessary, but it, as one would
expect, is perfectly normal.

I'm going to try this with the most recent nightly, will post results shortly.

Comment 9

[[e-mail]]

heh, forgive me for laughing, but that's funny! ;)

this one sounds interesting. fire off some more details when you get the chance.
I take it you're using downloaded builds... do you have a URL or is this internal?

I'll skim over the logging code and see if there's anything amiss there when I
get the chance.

Comment 10

[junkman]

everytime I try to creat a cookie log in linux or window they are blank nothing
to attach or look at.

Comment 11

[junkman]

let me repeat not having this problem with version 1.3 just everything after.

Comment 12

[[e-mail]]

are you sure you're setting the env vars properly?

Comment 13

[junkman]

Yes -  actually did it three times and each time nothing was showing in the
cookie log.

Comment 14

[junkman]

Attachment: cookie log

Here is a copy of the cookie log.

Comment 15

[junkman]

it was deleting the log each time I would close mozilla.  that's why they were
blank.

just to let you know before you ask.

Comment 16

[R.K.Aa.]

Is this bug still an issue in recent builds?

Comment 17

[[e-mail]]

reporter, please try changing your cookie pref from "allow cookies from
originating website only" to "accept all" and retest, using a more recent
release if possible.

Comment 18

[David Brunton]

(In reply to comment #16)
> Is this bug still an issue in recent builds?

I haven't run into a problem with this bug for almost a year.  I believe it was
resolved in a nightly some time last summer.

Comment 19

[[e-mail]]

-> wfm. if you see this problem again, please reopen.