598479 - Clear Recent History Does Not Delete Local Storage Data

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 527667

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Michael Coates [:mcoates] (acct no longer active)]

Note: This behavior was observed in Firefox 4 Beta 6 and also 3.6.10
I confirmed this issue in a vanilla profile with no add-ons.

Issue
The "Clear Recent History" button/link (preferences->privacy when set to "remember history") does not clear local storage data. This is unexpected behavior because the "Clear All History" button/link (preferences->privacy when set to "never remember history") does clear local storage data.  

Steps to reproduce:
1. Go to any site
2. Use javascript in URL to add to localstorage
javascript:localStorage.setItem('fooName','barValue');
3. Go to privacy and click clear recent history and close browser
4. Return to site
javascript:alert(localStorage.getItem('fooName'));
5. Observe localstorage data is still there

If you repeat the above steps but perform the following instead at step 3, then the local storage data is actually deleted.
#3. Go to privacy, change setting to "never remember history" and click "clear all history"


Expected Action

Clicking clear recent history will clear all cookies and also clear local storage data. This would be the same behavior as clear all history but limited to the selected time frame.

Comment 1

[Michael Coates [:mcoates] (acct no longer active)]

Note: I also tested this on a site with localstorage modification via inline script tabs. The url scripting is just an easy test case.

Comment 3

[Marco Zehe (:MarcoZ)]

Accessibility review is not needed for this bug. Clearing flag.