472637 - Remember login option doesn't work across sessions

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Public Pages, defect)

Description

[(no longer active)]

I'm not sure if it only happens for me, but the "remember login" option on AMO has never worked for me across sessions, and I'm forced to login every time.

Tried but couldn't find a dupe, so here I'm reporting this.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Fred Wenzel [:wenzel]]

In contrast, it always worked for me, and I just tried it again, after closing Firefox and reopening it I am still logged in. What browser version are you using? Do you want to give it a shot on an empty profile?

Comment 2

[(no longer active)]

Hmm, I see this on my main profile all the time, running anything from 3.0bx to 3.2a1pre (right now on 3.1b3).  I just tested this in a new profile, and it's working there! :-/

How does this work?  Is it something more than merely setting a cookie on the client side, and manage some session stuff on server side?

Comment 3

[Fred Wenzel [:wenzel]]

Nope, nothing special, it's only a cookie with an appropriate expiration date.

Comment 4

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Do you remember how long that expiration period is?

Comment 5

[Fred Wenzel [:wenzel]]

(In reply to comment #4)
> Do you remember how long that expiration period is?

Two weeks: http://mxr.mozilla.org/addons/source/trunk/site/app/controllers/users_controller.php#350

Comment 6

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OK I just tried it, and it seems to work.  I've been playing with it in other browsers/versions/profiles as well, and it does seem to work.  I'm going to close this as WORKSFORME for now (because I hate vague open bugs lingering in Bugzilla).  Once I see this again, I'll try to come up with more info, and re-open.

Sorry for wasting everyone's time...

Comment 7

[Fred Wenzel [:wenzel]]

No prob. If you experience problems, others may as well. So it's always good to know, so we can fix it if there's a bug hidden somewhere.

Comment 8

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Wish we could find out what cause(s/d) this; verifying for now.  Please reopen when we find out more info.

Comment 9

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FWIW, I still see this consistently on this profile.  :-(  What should the name of the AMO cookie be?  I have a handful of cookies from AMO, according to the cookie manager.

Comment 10

[Fred Wenzel [:wenzel]]

The cookie's name is "AMOv3". If you clicked the "remember me" button, it should have an expiration date some time later this month.

Comment 11

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I just checked, and here are the AMO cookies that I have:

__utmc
__utma
__utmz
AMOappName
VERSION-addons.mozilla.org

As soon as opened addons.mozilla.org, I got a new __utmb cookie.  Then I tried logging in, and I got an AMOv3 cookie with expiration date set to Saturday, January 31, 2009 9:00:34 PM.  I tried closing the tab and opening a new one immediately, and the cookie remained there and I was logged in.  I don't know what happened to the AMOv3 cookie from my previous login though...