211058 - Cookie preference doesn't actually change when preference is changed

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Core :: Networking: Cookies, defect)

Description

[Bob Namovicz]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624

I set preferences to reject cookies.  The NYT site, which sends me a daily
e-mail now wouldn't open from Outlook Express as it used to, on pretense that I
won't allow cookies.  This continued even after I reset preferences to accept
all cookies.  Today, the same thing happened when trying to to use PayPal:  the
PP site said my "browser would not accept cookies," even though settings accept all.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Seek to read a full article mentioned in the New York Time daily e-mail.
2.Seek to make a payment via PayPal.
3.

Actual Results:  
NYT action results in cycling to find URL in window at bottom, then displays
message that it can't be done "possibly because you won't accept cookies."
PayPal stops the transaction, indorming that browser won't accept cookies.

Expected Results:  
When I change cookie behavior under preferences, Mozilla should actually change it

No crash occurs.

Comment 1

[Darin Fisher]

bob: could you try a few things for us?  first off, could you please try
creating a brand new user profile?  that will help eliminate any possibility
that this is related to settings (possibly hidden settings) in your browser.  thx!

Comment 2

[[e-mail]]

There was a report similar to this one a few days ago; the reporter was using
firebird, and it was workforme'd since no one else could repro.

Perhaps there really is a problem here, but we've only seen two people who can
repro it so far... I'm not sure what it could be.

Comment 3

[[e-mail]]

bug 212832 is the firebird bug

Comment 4

[jt]

Same here.

Linux, Debian stable, Moz 1.6b (second compile)

Procedure :
1) Untar
2) Nuke ~/.mozilla
3) Run
4) Pref->Privacy->Cookies
5) Set "Disable cookies"
6) "Ok"
7) Pref->Privacy->Cookies
8) Notice that third radio box (based on privacy setting) is now gone
9) Set "Enable cookies" (doesn't matter which one)
10) "Ok"
11) Pref->Privacy->Cookies
12) Notice that cookies are still disabled
13) Accessing any web site will confirm that cookies are disabled

    Good luck...

    Jean II

Comment 5

[jt]

   Forgot to add...
   o Work properly with 1.4 (same box, same profile).
   o Seems to work with 1.5 (did not do exaustive testing)
   o No privacy settings, no weird pref (only proxy settings)

   Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031210

   Jean II

Comment 6

[Michiel van Leeuwen (email: mvl+moz@)]

jt: that is bug 227612, not this bug.

Comment 7

[jt]

    Thanks Michiel, I thing bug 227612 is the one I see (even if the title of
this bug is a more accurate match).

    Jean II

Comment 8

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 9

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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