Cookie Persistence Issue

That's interesting; if you are launching the tabs like normal in Chrome, then both session and persistent cookies should be shared across the tabs. Nearly every browser works this way -- it pretty much has to since popup and new window launches are pervasively used on the web.

 

 

Either your tab is being launched in "Incognito mode" -- meaning it has no attachment to other tabs' settings, or your installation of Chrome may be corrupted. For the first item to be true, you'd have to be launching from Tools -> New Incognito window or with Ctrl+Shift+N.

 

 

If you're not doing this, it's possible your cookie storage is corrupt. This may sound weird, but it's possible for Chrome to get into a state where its cookie storage is no longer readable and it'll behave as if it has no cookie storage at all. Check first at chrome://settings/cookies and try a "Remove all". If you get no error, try the tab scenario again. If you get an error, you may need to reinstall Chrome or locate the cookies database in ~/.config/Chrome/Default and delete it manually.

 

 

Is Chrome the only browser affected by this? How does Firefox behave?