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cookies Exception preference changed from domain to full URL

cookiemadness
cookiemadness
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Hi,

Just updated to Firefox to 42.0 and when I went to a link at www.postgresql.org I was asked "allow/disallow cookie" question. This was odd as I have "postgresql.org Allow" in my Privacy->Accept cookies from sites->Exceptions... list. I went to verify that this is true and noticed the listing is now in URL form. This is change from prior Domain listing.

I suspect this to be the issue here. Where before, simply having "postgresql.org Allow" would allow cookies from that domain and all sub-domains of the site. Now, I fear, the behavior I have been used to for so many years is no longer there.

Can this change be reverted?

Attached images show the "Exceptions - Cookies" pane for FF40. (known/good/desired listing/behavior) vs FF42 (new/changed listing/behavior)

Hi, Just updated to Firefox to 42.0 and when I went to a link at www.postgresql.org I was asked "allow/disallow cookie" question. This was odd as I have "postgresql.org Allow" in my Privacy->Accept cookies from sites->Exceptions... list. I went to verify that this is true and noticed the listing is now in URL form. This is change from prior Domain listing. I suspect this to be the issue here. Where before, simply having "postgresql.org Allow" would allow cookies from that domain and all sub-domains of the site. Now, I fear, the behavior I have been used to for so many years is no longer there. Can this change be reverted? Attached images show the "Exceptions - Cookies" pane for FF40. (known/good/desired listing/behavior) vs FF42 (new/changed listing/behavior)
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guigs
guigs
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Yours looks a little different than mine, but it is doing the same thing, adding the http:// to the front of each added domain, it does not seem like it can be changed in about:config.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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There was a big change in the permissions scheme (see bug #1173523). Instead of looking at a host name and an application identifier, Firefox now uses a "principal" which consists of the protocol plus the host name (plus a port number, possibly, if not 80 for http or 443 for https).

The old hostnames were converted, and in other threads, it was noted that they were duplicated to both http:// and https://.

Some of the interfaces might not yet be covering all the bases that were previously implied by the host name alone. I don't know whether that was an oversight and bugs need to be filed, or whether it is by design.

It would be helpful to collect more concrete examples of missing functionality through the UI to aid in bug reporting.