Google won't stay signed in
I recently changed Firefox settings to delete cookies for everything when I close it except the sites I use frequently. This has worked great for everything except for Google sites which sign me out every time I close the browser.
I assume there are some supporting sites for signing in to Google that need to be in the exception list, but I don't know what they might be. I'm also using Mozilla's new Multi-account Container extension in case that matters.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Chosen solution
Probably you have an exception for the secure address
https://google.com
as well. If not, definitely add one.
You also can open the Storage Inspector (Shift+F9) while on a Google page to see what other domains are used for cookies there.
If you are putting Google in a container, you might need to put multiple Google domains in the same container.
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Hi Joseph, what exceptions did you add for Google? If you haven't already, try the "base" domain google.com without any additional subdomains to the left of that.
Thanks for getting back to me, J. I tried like you said (Screenshot 1), but no luck there. When I open a Google page I get what you see in Screenshot 2.
The strange thing is that if I click sign in, it logs in immidiatly with no need for the password or 2FA. However, in Screenshot 3 you can see a message I'm getting on the Google homepage every time I sign in. This message re-appears even if I do the security check.
It's as if only some of the cookies for login are being retained while the rest are being deleted.
Chosen Solution
Probably you have an exception for the secure address
https://google.com
as well. If not, definitely add one.
You also can open the Storage Inspector (Shift+F9) while on a Google page to see what other domains are used for cookies there.
If you are putting Google in a container, you might need to put multiple Google domains in the same container.
That did the trick. I had to add ogs.google.com to the exception list for all the needed cookies to be saved. Adding that also fixed other Google sites.
Thanks for all your help.