Closed Bug 1276462 Opened 9 years ago Closed 9 years ago

Cookies are not being sent to white-listed sites

Categories

(Core :: Networking: Cookies, defect)

49 Branch
x86_64
All
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

RESOLVED FIXED
Tracking Status
firefox48 --- unaffected
firefox49 + fixed

People

(Reporter: sudaraka, Assigned: valentin)

References

Details

(Keywords: regression, Whiteboard: [necko-active])

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:49.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/49.0 Build ID: 20160524073714 Steps to reproduce: Using nightly after May 25th, and a brand new profile # Step 1 Visit http://www.whatarecookies.com/cookietest.asp # Step 2 - Goto Preferences > Privacy - Select "Use custom settings for history" option - Uncheck "Accept cookies from sites" - Visit http://www.whatarecookies.com/cookietest.asp # Step 3 - Goto Preferences > Privacy - Make sure "Accept cookies from sites" is NOT checked - Click "Exceptions" button next to it - Enter "http://www.whatarecookies.com/" in the "Address of website" box - Click "Allow" button and then "Save Changes" button - Visit http://www.whatarecookies.com/cookietest.asp Actual results: # Step 1 whatarecookies.com shows message "Cookies are ENABLED in this browser" # Step 2 whatarecookies.com shows message "Cookies are DISABLED in this browser" # Step 3 whatarecookies.com shows message "Cookies are DISABLED in this browser" Expected results: # Step 1 Got expected result # Step 2 Got expected result # Step 3 whatarecookies.com should shown message "Cookies are ENABLED in this browser". It seems when a cookies are disabled for all sites except for few white-listed ones, cookies are still being blocked for white-listed sites as well.
OS: Unspecified → Linux
Hardware: Unspecified → x86_64
[Tracking Requested - why for this release]:
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Component: Untriaged → Security: PSM
Ever confirmed: true
Keywords: regression
OS: Linux → All
Product: Firefox → Core
Blocks: 219157
Component: Security: PSM → Networking: Cookies
Flags: needinfo?(mitchdevel)
I'll backout the patches, while we finish up work in bug 219157.
Flags: needinfo?(mitchdevel)
Tracking this cookie regression for 49. In response to Alice's comment about a test in Comment 2, would it be possible for someone to write one?
Assignee: nobody → valentin.gosu
Whiteboard: [necko-active]
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 9 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Blocks: 1278011
Looks like this was fixed while 49 was on nightly, from comment 6.
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