Hi Marlone, it sounds as though your Google/YouTube cookies are not surviving the shut down and restart of Firefox. Without those cookies, your Firefox is not recognized at the site and you need to sign in again.
Here are some things to check:
How could the cookie be cleared?
(1) If you are visiting the site in a private window
Cookies are not written to disk in private windows, so whether they are session cookies or have an expiration date after we're all gone, they will evaporate when the last private window is closed in your session.
The two ways a site could open in a private window are:
(A) Creating a private window in a regular session (for example, Command+Shift+p or right-click > Open Link in New Private Window)
(B) Setting Firefox to use automatic private browsing on the Preferences page --
- Windows: "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Settings
- Mac: "3-bar" menu button (or Firefox menu) > Preferences or Settings
- Linux: "3-bar" menu button (or Edit menu) > Preferences or Settings
- Any system: type or paste about:preferences into the address bar and press Enter/Return to load it
In the left column, click Privacy & Security, then scroll down to the History section. Either of these will invoke automatic private browsing:
- Firefox will: Never remember history
- Firefox will: Use custom settings for history + "Always use private browsing mode"
(2) If Firefox is set to store ONLY session cookies, and you have not made an exception for the site.
You can check for this on the Settings/Preferences page, Privacy & Security panel, Cookies section. Make sure you do NOT have a checkmark for "Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed". If you do, you need to create "Allow" exceptions for sites where you want Firefox to accept persistent cookies.
(3) If Firefox is set to Clear History When it Closes and that includes Cookies
Most people do not have this setting, but you can double-check here: On the Settings/Preferences page, Privacy & Security panel, History section: make sure you do NOT have a checkmark for "Clear history when Firefox closes". If you want to use that feature with some types of data, use the Settings button to the right of it to confirm that Cookies are not being cleared.
(4) If you use an add-on that modifies how cookies work
There are extensions to manage cookie lifetimes and removal, including some that expire cookies for inactive tabs. There also are extensions that isolate pages in a container, which creates a separate cookie jar for the pages in that container which are invisible to pages outside that container.
(5) If external utility or privacy software cleans browser cookies
If you use CCleaner, Advanced SystemCare or other third party programs that touch browser data, set them not to touch Firefox data.
Does any of that seem relevant?
Hi Marlone, it sounds as though your Google/YouTube cookies are not surviving the shut down and restart of Firefox. Without those cookies, your Firefox is not recognized at the site and you need to sign in again.
Here are some things to check:
'''''How could the cookie be cleared?'''''
'''(1) If you are visiting the site in a private window'''
Cookies are not written to disk in private windows, so whether they are session cookies or have an expiration date after we're all gone, they will evaporate when the last private window is closed in your session.
The two ways a site could open in a private window are:
(A) Creating a private window in a regular session (for example, Command+Shift+p or right-click > Open Link in New Private Window)
(B) Setting Firefox to use automatic private browsing on the Preferences page --
* Windows: "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Settings
* Mac: "3-bar" menu button (or Firefox menu) > Preferences or Settings
* Linux: "3-bar" menu button (or Edit menu) > Preferences or Settings
* Any system: type or paste '''about:preferences''' into the address bar and press Enter/Return to load it
In the left column, click '''Privacy & Security''', then scroll down to the '''History''' section. Either of these will invoke automatic private browsing:
* Firefox will: Never remember history
* Firefox will: Use custom settings for history + "Always use private browsing mode"
'''(2) If Firefox is set to store ONLY session cookies, and you have not made an exception for the site.'''
You can check for this on the Settings/Preferences page, Privacy & Security panel, Cookies section. Make sure you do NOT have a checkmark for "Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed". If you do, you need to create "Allow" exceptions for sites where you want Firefox to accept persistent cookies.
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'''(3) If Firefox is set to Clear History When it Closes and that includes Cookies'''
Most people do not have this setting, but you can double-check here: On the Settings/Preferences page, Privacy & Security panel, History section: make sure you do NOT have a checkmark for "Clear history when Firefox closes". If you want to use that feature with ''some'' types of data, use the Settings button to the right of it to confirm that Cookies are not being cleared.
'''(4) If you use an add-on that modifies how cookies work'''
There are extensions to manage cookie lifetimes and removal, including some that expire cookies for inactive tabs. There also are extensions that isolate pages in a container, which creates a separate cookie jar for the pages in that container which are invisible to pages outside that container.
'''(5) If external utility or privacy software cleans browser cookies'''
If you use CCleaner, Advanced SystemCare or other third party programs that touch browser data, set them not to touch Firefox data.
Does any of that seem relevant?
