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IliaGl Author

Level 1

11 points

Safari losing cookies when DEV mode is ON

How to reproduce:

Turn on the dev mode or make sure it's already ON
Open any website. For example: google.com
Do log in
Quit the Safari. Safari -> Quit or ⌘+Q
Open Safari again
Open the same website from step 2.
Open Inspector Web Inspector (⌥⌘I)
Open a new tab
Close the previous one
Open the same website in the tab from step 8

Expected result: I must keep seeing that I am in the system

Current behavior: Safari loses cookies

Capture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bsCm4kgCsw

Posted on Jan 24, 2024 2:57 PM

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kristopher299

Level 1

20 points

Posted on Apr 25, 2024 3:51 AM

There is no real way to reproduce it, it just happens very regularly.

The web's only suggestion is to disable dev tools but that isn't a viable solution for developers.

No update ever, no reboot or data clearance has solved this and Apple keeps ignoring the reports.

Some Apple guy suggested using private windows: while that preserves cookies for as long as their actual lifetime this is no solution as you cannot work properly on private windows because they do not share session data across tabs. Hence it's no different than "disable dev tools" or "use another browser".

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