695132 - iCloud login page never loads when cookie acceptance set to "Ask me every time"

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: Networking: Cookies, defect)

Description

[Kevin Brice]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:10.0a1) Gecko/20111017 Firefox/10.0a1
Build ID: 20111017031010

Steps to reproduce:

After setting Firefox to always ask before accepting cookies, attempt to load the iCloud login page with any old iCloud cookies or site preferences removed.


Actual results:

Navigating to http://www.icloud.com/ causes the iCloud login screen to never appear, showing only Apple's spinning wait indicator. Changing the setting to "Keep until they expire" immediately resolves the issue. Subsequently changing the setting back and refreshing the page causes Firefox to then correctly ask about accepting cookies.


Expected results:

Firefox should ask if I want to accept cookies from http://www.icloud.com/, allowing the login page to appear.

Comment 1

[Tim (fmdeveloper)]

Confirmed on Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:10.0a1) Gecko/20111017 Firefox/10.0a1 ID:20111017031010

Comment 2

[Kevin Brice]

Here's another example site that doesn't load unless Firefox is set to automatically accept cookies: http://www.toddtheatre.blogspot.com/

It looks like this is a growing problem for those using the "ask me every time" preference.

Comment 3

[Kevin Brice]

This also breaks the latest SkyDrive (https://skydrive.live.com/) update, preventing the page from loading once the user has signed in.

Comment 4

[Patrick McManus [:mcmanus]]

ask feature removed