Firefox randomly logged out some of my accounts and asked again for accepting cookies
Hello, I will try to describe my issue. Today I, as always, turned on my computer and just the same way as always opened firefox to browse the internet. Then, I found out that im logged out of almost every site like Facebook, YouTube, Gmail, Twitch, Amazon but some of them remained logged in. Those logged-out sites asked me to accept cookies which I have done a lot of years ago. It was such a peculiar situation, because all of the passwords were saved and I could just log in again. I didn't find any unauthorized loggings. I wonder if it's a random situation or somebody is executing it. Do you have any idea how would that happen? Best regards
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You can check this:
Detail like websites remembering you and log you in automatically is stored in cookies, so make sure you aren't clearing important cookies.
You can use these steps to make a website recognize and remember you.
- create a cookie allow exception with the proper protocol (https:// or http://) to make a website remember you
You can check that you aren't clearing important cookies.
- using "Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed" to clear cookies keeps cookies with an allow exception
in 102+ version toggling this setting makes changes to the "Clear history when Firefox closes" settings and those settings prevail - using "Clear history when Firefox closes" in Firefox 102+ honors exceptions and keeps cookies with an allow exception, previous versions removed all cookies
Make sure to keep the "Site settings".
- clearing "Site settings" clears exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, and software installation and exceptions for passwords and other website specific data
- Settings -> Privacy & Security
Cookies and Site Data: "Manage Exceptions" - Settings -> Privacy & Security
Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history":
[X] "Clear history when Firefox closes" -> Settings