Login sessions not saving?

[tjohnston-cd]

Version info:

Version info
qutebrowser v1.4.1
Backend: QtWebEngine (Chromium 69.0.3497.128)

CPython: 3.6.10
Qt: 5.12.7
PyQt: 5.13.1

sip: 4.19.19
colorama: no
pypeg2: 2.15
jinja2: 2.10.1
pygments: 2.2.0
yaml: 5.1.2
cssutils: 1.0.2 $Id$
attr: 19.3.0
PyQt5.QtWebEngineWidgets: yes
PyQt5.QtWebKitWidgets: yes
pdf.js: no
sqlite: 3.28.0
QtNetwork SSL: OpenSSL 1.1.1d  10 Sep 2019

Style: QFusionStyle
Platform: Linux-5.3.18-lp152.47-default-x86_64-with-glibc2.3.4, 64bit
Linux distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.2 (unknown)
Frozen: False
Imported from /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/qutebrowser
Using Python from /usr/bin/python3
Qt library executable path: /usr/lib64/qt5/libexec, data path: /usr/share/qt5
OS Version: 

Does the bug happen if you start with --temp-basedir?:
Not sure. Will try this later today.

Description
I've been running qutebrowser for years (via the package in various distributions - Solus, Void, Arch). Recently, I reinstalled with OpenSUSE Leap 15.2.

Ever since doing this, my qutebrowser doesn't seem to persist any login sessions. Every time I restart the browser, I need to re-log into websites where I had logged in and ticked the usual "stay logged in" box. It also doesn't seem to keep my duckduckgo settings (page theme, centered layout etc).

My file ownership is correct (e.g. I own everything in my homedir). I haven't tried running with --temp-basedir as mentioned in the issue template, but I'll see if that affects the issue later today.

My config.py is pretty simple:

config.source('qutewal.py')             <<<<<< used to get colours from pywal
c.zoom.default = "75%"
c.auto_save.session = True
c.qt.highdpi = True
c.downloads.location.directory = "A PATH IN MY HOMEDIR"
c.url.default_page = "about:blank"

How to reproduce
Not sure. I can't tell if this is something about the qutebrowser package in OpenSUSE, or something else..

Any ideas? I'm not sure if this qualifies as a bug, or just a misconfiguration of some kind..

[The-Compiler]

First thing to try would probably be a newer qutebrowser - 1.4.1 is ancient (July 2018) and I'm not sure how well it plays with Qt 5.12.7 (which is much newer, January 2020).

[tjohnston-cd]

Aha - right. I just updated to the OBS package mentioned here, so now I'm on 1.14.0

The issue seems to still be with me. I'll fiddle with this a bit..

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qutebrowser v1.14.0
Backend: QtWebEngine (Chromium 69.0.3497.128)
Qt: 5.12.7

CPython: 3.6.10
PyQt: 5.13.1

sip: 4.19.19
colorama: no
pypeg2: 2.15
jinja2: 2.10.1
pygments: 2.2.0
yaml: 5.1.2
cssutils: 1.0.2 $Id$
attr: 19.3.0
PyQt5.QtWebEngineWidgets: yes
PyQt5.QtWebEngine: 5.13.2
PyQt5.QtWebKitWidgets: yes
pdf.js: no
sqlite: 3.28.0
QtNetwork SSL: OpenSSL 1.1.1d  10 Sep 2019

Style: QFusionStyle
Platform plugin: xcb
OpenGL: Intel Open Source Technology Center, 3.0 Mesa 19.3.4
Platform: Linux-5.3.18-lp152.47-default-x86_64-with-glibc2.3.4, 64bit
Linux distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.2 (unknown)
Frozen: False
Imported from /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/qutebrowser
Using Python from /usr/bin/python3
Qt library executable path: /usr/lib64/qt5/libexec, data path: /usr/share/qt5
OS Version: 

[The-Compiler]

Can you take a look at :config-diff to ensure you don't have anything unexpected set sonewhere?

[tjohnston-cd]

Here's what it shows. The middle section comes from the qutewal config. I'll try taking this apart in a moment.

Side note - it occurred to me that --temp-basedir probably isn't valid for testing this..

auto_save.session = true

colors.completion.category.bg = #090605
colors.completion.category.border.bottom = #090605
colors.completion.category.border.top = #090605
colors.completion.category.fg = #e2e1de
colors.completion.even.bg = #090605
colors.completion.fg = #e2e1de
colors.completion.item.selected.bg = #CDB597
colors.completion.item.selected.border.bottom = #090605
colors.completion.item.selected.border.top = #090605
colors.completion.item.selected.fg = #e2e1de
colors.completion.match.fg = #817F81
colors.completion.odd.bg = #090605
colors.completion.scrollbar.bg = #090605
colors.completion.scrollbar.fg = #e2e1de
colors.downloads.bar.bg = #090605
colors.downloads.error.bg = #CDB597
colors.downloads.error.fg = #e2e1de
colors.downloads.stop.bg = #DDC9AA
colors.downloads.system.bg = none
colors.hints.bg = #817F81
colors.hints.fg = #090605
colors.hints.match.fg = #ABA094
colors.keyhint.bg = #090605
colors.keyhint.fg = #e2e1de
colors.keyhint.suffix.fg = #817F81
colors.messages.error.bg = #CDB597
colors.messages.error.border = #CDB597
colors.messages.error.fg = #e2e1de
colors.messages.info.bg = #ABA094
colors.messages.info.border = #ABA094
colors.messages.info.fg = #e2e1de
colors.messages.warning.bg = #A68D69
colors.messages.warning.border = #A68D69
colors.messages.warning.fg = #e2e1de
colors.prompts.bg = #090605
colors.prompts.border = 1px solid #090605
colors.prompts.fg = #e2e1de
colors.prompts.selected.bg = #CDB597
colors.statusbar.caret.bg = #DDC9AA
colors.statusbar.caret.fg = #e2e1de
colors.statusbar.caret.selection.bg = #DDC9AA
colors.statusbar.caret.selection.fg = #e2e1de
colors.statusbar.command.bg = #090605
colors.statusbar.command.fg = #e2e1de
colors.statusbar.command.private.bg = #090605
colors.statusbar.command.private.fg = #e2e1de
colors.statusbar.insert.bg = #C8A365
colors.statusbar.insert.fg = #090605
colors.statusbar.normal.bg = #090605
colors.statusbar.normal.fg = #e2e1de
colors.statusbar.passthrough.bg = #ABA094
colors.statusbar.passthrough.fg = #e2e1de
colors.statusbar.private.bg = #090605
colors.statusbar.private.fg = #e2e1de
colors.statusbar.progress.bg = #e2e1de
colors.statusbar.url.error.fg = #CDB597
colors.statusbar.url.fg = #e2e1de
colors.statusbar.url.hover.fg = #ABA094
colors.statusbar.url.success.http.fg = #e2e1de
colors.statusbar.url.success.https.fg = #C8A365
colors.statusbar.url.warn.fg = #A68D69
colors.tabs.bar.bg = #090605
colors.tabs.even.bg = #090605
colors.tabs.even.fg = #e2e1de
colors.tabs.indicator.error = #CDB597
colors.tabs.indicator.system = none
colors.tabs.odd.bg = #090605
colors.tabs.odd.fg = #e2e1de
colors.tabs.selected.even.bg = #ABA094
colors.tabs.selected.even.fg = #e2e1de
colors.tabs.selected.odd.bg = #ABA094
colors.tabs.selected.odd.fg = #e2e1de
colors.webpage.bg = #e2e1de

downloads.location.directory = /home/path..
qt.highdpi = true
url.default_page = about:blank
zoom.default = 75%

[tjohnston-cd]

Looks like it behaves the same with my entire config.py commented out.

Is it possible something in my homedir is cursed? (.cache etc)

[The-Compiler]

The cookie database is in ~/.local/share/qutebrowser/webengine/Cookies, maybe there's something wrong with it not causing cookies to be saved - but that seems odd.

You can probably test by using --basedir path/to/some/folder rather than --temp-basedir. Make sure you wait ~1min after the cookies are set, as older PyQt versions don't save them immediately and closing qutebrowser before they are flushed causes them to be lost. I think with PyQt 5.13.1 this shouldn't be the case, but I'm not entirely sure if the required functionality was added in 5.13.1 or .2.

[tjohnston-cd]

Aha..clearing that Cookies file out seemed to help.

I noticed it hadn't been written in a couple weeks (since I switched to OpenSUSE and brought over most of my homedir).

I really doubt this is a qutebrowser bug - probably something I've caused with my migration.
Closing for now, but let me know if I should dig into the old sqlite db/journal for anything.

Thanks!

[The-Compiler]

Ah - the underlying Chromium doesn't really support downgrades for its data files. My guess would thus be that you used a newer QtWebEngine (and thus a newer underlying Chromium) before, and that file somehow didn't work correctly anymore after downgrading to Qt 5.12.