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why does firefox create a new cookie instead of over writting the existing one?

I am using javascript to set a cookie like this: `document.cookie = "name=" + window.location.href;`

I'm not sure if it matters but the javascript is in a child theme in Wordpress.

In Chrome and Safari it will create one cookie and update that one cookie when I changes pages on the site. In Firefox it creates a new cookie with the same name and new value.

Can I even fix this?

screenshot of the recurring cookies attached

I am using javascript to set a cookie like this: `document.cookie = "name=" + window.location.href;` I'm not sure if it matters but the javascript is in a child theme in Wordpress. In Chrome and Safari it will create one cookie and update that one cookie when I changes pages on the site. In Firefox it creates a new cookie with the same name and new value. Can I even fix this? screenshot of the recurring cookies attached
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No idea. This for Support not Developing.

Check this site out and look around or post : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10819152/how-do-you-make-a-cookie-to-be-used-in-a-firefox-session and here : https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/cookies/set

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance

You may notice each cookie has a different path. Firefox defaults the path to the current page's path if you do not specify a consistent path like

document.cookie = "name=value;path=/"

in your cookie assignment.

See: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Document/cookie#new-cookie_path