webview cookies are not persisted

[steverandy]

• Output of node_modules/.bin/electron --version: 4.0.0-beta.5
• Operating System (Platform and Version): macOS 10.14
• Output of node_modules/.bin/electron --version on last known working Electron version (if applicable): There is no issue with Electron v3.

Expected Behavior
Cookies should be persisted in a webview that uses partition.

Actual behavior
Cookies are lost after relaunching app.

To Reproduce

1. Create webview with partition: <webview partition="persist:webview"/>
2. Sign in to GitHub to create a cookie.
3. Relaunch app.
4. When webview opens again, the cookies are lost.

[alessandroliveri]

Hello! I would like to test the v4 can I ask if this regression will be fixed soon or if it's a minor fix and I have to wait for more? Thanks

[deepak1556]

This is regression on the chromium side between 67-69, its fixed in 70 as verified with #15405, I am yet to identify the fix from upstream.

[alessandroliveri]

Thank you! 😃

[Tiny-Giant]

@deepak1556 any news on this? Currently the only way I've been ablle to find to get widevine working with a reasonably recent version of chrome installed is to use 4.0.X, but there's no persistence.

[alessandroliveri]

@Tiny-Giant I don't know if this can help you but I bypassed the problem with a save in local storage and reset the cookie on load app.

[KochiyaOcean]

@Tiny-Giant As a workaround, you can try saving cookie using session.fromPartition('persist:barfoo').cookies.get on exit and restore cookie using session.fromPartition('persist:barfoo').cookies.set on startup

[Tiny-Giant]

@Kochiya I haven't done a lot with sessions. This would just be done in the Main process correct? Or would I have to add a partition attribute to each webview?

[KochiyaOcean]

@Tiny-Giant If partition is not set, just use session.defaultSession.cookies.