The code for any of it hasn't been touched in forever, so it's unlikely the bug is our end.

Most likely a plugin getting in the way, or a random browser bug.

If you do find something the definitely points to our issue, let me know, but I've never seen such a problem - ever.

I would suggest checking plugins, and purging all GOL related cookies to start fresh and see what happens.

Yeah, could be a browser bug. I don't really know how Firefox mobile handles cached pages. Neither page refresh, nor closing the tab, nor closing the browser, nor restarting the device had the front page properly logged in, nor did disabling extensions.

Getting the failed login message and then clicking on the link to the front page does get a properly logged-in front page (pressing the back button doesn't) so that's something.

Firefox mobile huh, that's definitely a unique one, mobile browsers are always on the funky side. Clear the cache and cookies for it and see what happens.

I assume this is Android not iOS? As there is an issue with Firefox being fuckery on iOS with cookies.

https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios/issues/12279
https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios/issues/11994

Could also still be related to Android too.

Last edited by Liam Dawe on 16 Aug 2024 at 11:19 am UTC

Yeah, Android. It's probably just a problem with cached pages but - as always - I figured I'd highlight it just in case.

Don't think there's really *anything* I can do about browser cache being a nuisance :(

Yep, fair.

But if you do ever find anything legit I can solve, bump up the post with any findings :)

Just chipping in that I did notice the same behavior, Firefox on Android. I think I have seen it in Firefox on Linux as well, although I am a bit hazy on that one.

Desktop Chrome does it too. Shows me as not logged in but I hit the login and it says that I'm already logged in. Recently cleared cache and it still does it.

Last edited by marvtowel on 18 Aug 2024 at 11:06 pm UTC

Curious, how long has it been doing it? What plugins do you have enabled? Need to narrow it down as i’ve never seen it on desktop.

I'm not sure exactly how long, a month maybe? uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger.

Tried it on an unmodified install of Firefox and it does the same.

I believe the culprit may be the google adsense consent banner, which seems to get in the way as I can reproduce it by force closing Firefox on my iPhone every time. I need to do a proper check later disabling adsense on my user account to see for sure, but this is an odd one, no idea why it would block our own in-site cookie from properly loading.

Edit: still cannot reproduce it on desktop Chrome or Firefox (and the Firefox has basically never been used and no plugins).

Even more puzzling: I can 100% reproduce it on Firefox iOS by swiping away Firefox to close it and re-opening, but Safari on iOS does not show the same problem.

Last edited by Liam Dawe on 19 Aug 2024 at 8:49 pm UTC

Here's one for you, at least on iOS, it is indeed a Firefox bug: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios/issues/11994#issuecomment-2297443261

Turning off the "Close Private Tabs" setting entirely fixes the problem. So I am convinced now it's clearly a browser bug in Firefox and likely for desktop / android too.

It's something to do with the way they restore tabs, and they do seem to be aware of it for Firefox, there's been a lot of reports on it. It *may* be fixed in Firefox "130 and (eventually) it should land in 129.2". People have been reporting the exact same issue to Mozilla across various websites.

Unsure on Chrome, as haven't seen it there at all, but at least for Firefox it's absolutely a browser bug.

Last edited by Liam Dawe on 19 Aug 2024 at 9:09 pm UTC

I'm seeing this only on desktop Chromium on Linux (ublock origin, privacy badger); it's never happened on desktop Firefox, android Mull, Falkon, Nyxt, or Epiphany.

I'm seeing this only on desktop Chromium on Linux (ublock origin, privacy badger); it's never happened on desktop Firefox, android Mull, Falkon, Nyxt, or Epiphany.

In your case, I would suggest disabling those plugins for GOL and seeing if it helps, as I use Chrome on desktop exclusively and have never seen it. Just to narrow it down.

I'm seeing this only on desktop Chromium on Linux (ublock origin, privacy badger); it's never happened on desktop Firefox, android Mull, Falkon, Nyxt, or Epiphany.

In your case, I would suggest disabling those plugins for GOL and seeing if it helps, as I use Chrome on desktop exclusively and have never seen it. Just to narrow it down.

Thanks; yeah, I'm guessing that there was something off with my ~/.config/chromium folder; because after starting from a blank slate, it doesn't seem to occur anymore, even after reinstalling ublock origin lite & privacy badger.

I had been copying over that folder between distros, & DEs for a long time; something must have got corrupted along the way.

Last edited by walther von stolzing on 24 Aug 2024 at 10:38 pm UTC