[Bug 231945] [NEW] session data in cookies not responding properly

[dodgyboz]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

before a page is rendered (http://tony.swsnow.net/admin/photos/new) a
session variable which is stored in a cookie is set to 1 and correctly
displayed in the title of the page.

on calling an ajax method which should add 1 to the session variable
funny things start to happen...

firefox does not seem to overwrite the existing session variable when it
is set to 1 before rendering the page. So when I add 1 to the session
variable it is 1 + the last number the variable had, not 1 as it should
be and is displayed on the page.

This issue is occurring in firefox 3 running on ubuntu and on firefox 2
running on XP however in IE and serving the application on my local
machine in firefox 3 their is no problem, everything works as expected.

The only way to fix the problem is the clear the browsers cach.

I am developing in rails and using Ruby's PStore mechanism to store
session information

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon May 19 15:25:49 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic x86_64

** Affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug

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session data in cookies not responding properly
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