chromium does not remember cookies

[Martin Vysny]

Since yesterday upgrade to 49.0.2623.87 Ubuntu 15.10 (64-bit), some of our developer web pages started to behave weirdly - login forms not completing normally, etc. Those very web pages work fine with Firefox. Finally, one webpage stated outright that the Cookies are disabled. This bug seems to reproduce only when visiting page hosted at "localhost" - web pages hosted elsewhere do not seem to be affected by this bug.

I have not changed the cookie settings in any way: The Cookies are set to "Allow local data to be set (recommended)", I have the "Block third-party" check box unchecked and the "Manage exceptions..." list is empty.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: chromium-browser 49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu0.15.10.1.1222
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-34.39-generic 4.2.8-ckt4
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-34-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
DRM.card0.DP.1:
 edid-base64: AP///////wAQrHugTEs2MBQWAQSlNCB4Ou6Vo1RMmSYPUFShCACBQIGAqUCzANHAAQEBAQEBKDyAoHCwI0AwIDYABkQhAAAaAAAA/wBZMUg1VDI1STA2S0wKAAAA/ABERUxMIFUyNDEyTQogAAAA/QAyPR5TEQAKICAgICAgANU=
 dpms: On
 modes: 1920x1200 1920x1080 1600x1200 1680x1050 1280x1024 1280x960 1024x768 800x600 640x480 720x400
 enabled: enabled
 status: connected
DRM.card0.DP.2:
 edid-base64:
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 enabled: disabled
 status: disconnected
DRM.card0.DP.3:
 edid-base64:
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 enabled: disabled
 status: disconnected
DRM.card0.HDMI.A.1:
 edid-base64:
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 enabled: disabled
 status: disconnected
DRM.card0.HDMI.A.2:
 edid-base64:
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 enabled: disabled
 status: disconnected
DRM.card0.HDMI.A.3:
 edid-base64:
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 enabled: disabled
 status: disconnected
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 edid-base64:
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 enabled: disabled
 status: disconnected
DRM.card0.eDP.1:
 edid-base64: AP///////wAGrz0SAAAAAAAWAQSVHxF4AoflpFZQniYNUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBFDeAuHA4JEAQED4ANa0QAAAYuCSAuHA4JEAQED4ANa0QAAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAMLf8QPJYbEC6WICAgAIM=
 dpms: On
 modes: 1920x1080 1920x1080
 enabled: disabled
 status: connected
Date: Wed Mar 23 16:00:47 2016
Desktop-Session:
 'ubuntu'
 '/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/usr/share/upstart/xdg:/etc/xdg'
 '/usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/'
DetectedPlugins:

Env:
 'None'
 'None'
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-02 (355 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.2)
InstalledPlugins:
 /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins:
Load-Avg-1min: 2.15
Load-Processes-Running-Percent: 0.1%
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP ProBook 640 G1
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.2.0-34-generic root=/dev/mapper/vg--root-lv--root ro quiet
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-10-23 (152 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 07/20/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: L77 Ver. 01.33
dmi.board.name: 1993
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 16.3C
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 5CG4454VRQ
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrL77Ver.01.33:bd07/20/2015:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPProBook640G1:pvrA3009DD10303:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1993:rvrKBCVersion16.3C:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP ProBook 640 G1
dmi.product.version: A3009DD10303
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
gconf-keys: /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec = b'/usr/bin/chromium-browser\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command = b'/usr/bin/chromium-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command = b'/usr/bin/chromium-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager = b''/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager = b''/desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme = b'gnome\n'/desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme = b'Clearlooks\n'
modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium.browser: [deleted]
mtime.conffile..etc.chromium.browser.default: 2015-05-12T14:11:41.427778

[Martin Vysny (vyzivus)]

When I launch Chromium via the command-line, only the following line is printed out:

[21563:21603:0323/160009:ERROR:connection_factory_impl.cc(367)] Failed to connect to MCS endpoint with error -102

I do not know whether this relates to the cookie problem or not.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. You reported this bug some time ago and there have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time. Your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates.

It would help us a lot if you could test on a currently supported Ubuntu version. When you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running only once in a terminal:

apport-collect 1561038

and add any additional information that you think relevant. Alternatively, please confirm that this is no longer a problem and that we can close the report. If we do not hear from you the bug report will close itself in approximately two months time.

Thank you again for helping make Ubuntu better.

Paul White
[Ubuntu Bug Squad]

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for chromium-browser (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]