773501 - Redirected to wrong locale in Chrome (and other browsers?)

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 647796

(developer.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Wiki pages, defect, P2)

Description

[John Karahalis [:openjck]]

Many people on UserVoice report being redirected to the wrong locale. Today I was able to reproduce it.

This does not happen in Firefox, but does happen in Chrome and possibly other browsers. I would not call it a launch priority (users have dealt with this for a long time), but should probably be high priority shortly after that.

Steps to repeat:

1. Start Chrome.
2. Open settings.
3. Type "language" into the preferences search box.
4. Click the "Languages and Spell-checker Settings..." button.
5. Choose "Spanish - espanol".
6. Make sure "Spanish" appears at the very bottom of the list of languages.
7. Visit https://developer.mozilla.org/ or https://developer-new.mozilla.org/

Expected result:

English version of the site is loaded. It's the first language in my preferences, after all.

Actual result:

Spanish version of the site is loaded.

Comment 1

[David Walsh :davidwalsh]

Occasionally I get mysteriously redirected to the FRench locale.  I thought it was because I messed around with a locale-switcher Firefox plugin once, but maybe not...

Comment 2

[John Karahalis [:openjck]]

What browser are you using? What are your language settings as per "Steps to Repeat"?

Comment 3

[David Walsh :davidwalsh]

Now that I think of it, it usually happens in Chrome, though it likely happens in FF too.