Open Bug 1547388 Opened 6 years ago Updated 3 years ago

Pocket + firefox sync does not work when clearing cookies after closing firefox. Making an exception seems impossible.

Categories

(Firefox :: Pocket, defect, P3)

66 Branch
defect

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UNCONFIRMED

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(Reporter: mfg, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:66.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/66.0

Steps to reproduce:

I checked "Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed" in the firefox privacy settings. I pressed "Manage permissions" next to the checkbox and set "getpocket.com" as always allowed to set cookies. I reopened firefox.

Actual results:

Every time I open firefox I have to login again to pocket before being able to use the "save to pocket" button, therefore making it unusable.

Expected results:

I would have expected that cookies for getpocket.com are not deleted on closing firefox. I remember this was possible in previous versions.

Update: I noticed that clearing the cookies also breaks the firefox sync function. As a consequence I had to turn off clearing cookies, even though I would like this functionality. I am aware that there are extensions that might be able to solve this problem but I prefer not to use extensions anymore since it came out that the "stylish" extension tracked all user history.

Summary: Pocket does not work when clearing cookies after closing firefox. Making an exception seems impossible. → Pocket + firefox sync does not work when clearing cookies after closing firefox. Making an exception seems impossible.

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:justin, could you have a look please?

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We'll take a look and set a priority if needed.

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:tkanhema, could you have a look please?

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:mfg, what version of Firefox are you using? Are you still experiencing this problem?

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(In reply to Tawanda Kanhema from comment #5)

:mfg, what version of Firefox are you using? Are you still experiencing this problem?

I'm not sure if the source of my problem is the same as I do allow browser to save the cookies (but I use Cookie AutoDelete) and it is basically impossible for me to log into Pocket for more than one tab even in the same window. I run 69.0.2 using Debian 10.

Priority: -- → P3

TBD if this is a problem with being logged into Pocket via getpocket.com or within Firefox Browser chrome.

Severity: normal → S3
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