Private Browsing mode sometimes doesn't remember cookie info when opening links in new tabs
Also, when in Private Browsing mode, and I go to view the cookies in Options -> Privacy, I can see the cookies from the normal non-private browsing mode. All of them. It's not a fresh, clear, list like it should be.
I don't think any info is being read or recorded between the two sessions types, though. Just that sometimes, when opening a link in a new tab or window, it forgets the cookie information. Again, this is in Private Browsing mode.
I never had this problem until I upgraded to Firefox 19.
Additional System Details
Installed Plug-ins
- Shockwave Flash 11.5 r502
- Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape "9.5.3"
- VLC media player Web Plugin 2.0.2
- Shockwave Flash 11.4 r402
- Google Talk Plugin Video Accelerator version:0.1.44.16
- Version 3.1.4.8140
- Google Update
- 4.1.10111.0
- Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_29 for Mozilla browsers
- Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 11.5
- Yahoo Application State Plugin version 1.0.0.7
- Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) plug-in for Mozilla browsers
- DRM Netscape Network Object
- Npdsplay dll
- DRM Store Netscape Plugin
Application
- Firefox 19.0
- User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:19.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/19.0
- Support URL: http://support.mozilla.org/1/firefox/19.0/WINNT/en-US/
Extensions
- Adblock Plus 2.2.3
- BetterPrivacy 1.68
- Troubleshooter 1.0a
- Java Quick Starter 1.0 (Inactive)
- Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant 1.0 (Inactive)
Javascript
- incrementalGCEnabled: True
Graphics
- adapterDescription: Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family
- adapterDescription2:
- adapterDeviceID: 0x2582
- adapterDeviceID2:
- adapterDrivers: igxprd32
- adapterDrivers2:
- adapterRAM: Unknown
- adapterRAM2:
- adapterVendorID: 0x8086
- adapterVendorID2:
- direct2DEnabled: False
- direct2DEnabledMessage: [u'blockedDriver']
- directWriteEnabled: False
- directWriteVersion: 0.0.0.0
- driverDate: 1-13-2007
- driverDate2:
- driverVersion: 6.14.10.4764
- driverVersion2:
- info: {u'AzureContentBackend': u'none', u'AzureCanvasBackend': u'cairo', u'AzureFallbackCanvasBackend': u'none'}
- isGPU2Active: False
- numAcceleratedWindows: 0
- numAcceleratedWindowsMessage: [u'']
- numTotalWindows: 9
- webglRenderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family)
- windowLayerManagerType: Basic
Modified Preferences
- accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar: 0
- browser.cache.disk.capacity: 0
- browser.cache.disk.smart_size.enabled: False
- browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: False
- browser.places.importBookmarksHTML: False
- browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 4
- browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20130215130331
- browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 19.0
- extensions.lastAppVersion: 19.0
- network.cookie.prefsMigrated: True
- places.database.lastMaintenance: 1361748428
- places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 40016
- plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf
- privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies: False
- privacy.clearOnShutdown.downloads: False
- privacy.clearOnShutdown.formdata: False
- privacy.clearOnShutdown.history: False
- privacy.clearOnShutdown.sessions: False
- privacy.cpd.offlineApps: True
- privacy.cpd.siteSettings: True
- privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: True
- privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown: True
- privacy.sanitize.timeSpan: 0
- security.warn_viewing_mixed: False
Misc
- User JS: No
- Accessibility: No
Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).
- Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe mode start window or otherwise make changes.
Question owner
The problem is still there. In safe mode, when I go into private browsing mode, if I go look at the list of cookies, I can see all the cookies from the non-private mode.
Any progress or additional information yet?
I also can see all of my "normal" cookies after switching to private browsing. (I remember that in the past I would see only a "blank" window when first switching to private mode.)
Yes, I have tried safe mode and disabling add-ons, with no change in this behavior.
Add-ons I have installed:
Adblock Pluss 2.2.3 BetterPrivacy 1.6.8 Ghostery 2.9.3 Googlebar Lite 4.9.7 IE View 1.5.6 Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant 1.3.1 PrivacyChoice TrackerBlock 2.2 Status-4-Evar 2013.02.16.23 Bookmark Favicon Changer 1.74 (disabled) CheckPlaces 2.6.2 (disabled)
Thanks!
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