Peristent cart cookie is not generated for guests and thus persistent cart isn't working

[TimQSO]

When we want to use the Persistent Shopping Cart functionality it does not seem to work for guest users. For guest users the persistent shopping cart cookie isn't created and thus when the session expires the shopping cart is gone.

Preconditions

1. Magento 2.4
2. PHP 7.3 | Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | Nginx 1.14.0 or Apache 2.4.29
3. MySQL 5.7.28

Steps to reproduce

1. Enable Persistent Shopping Cart in the Backend and set every option to YES
2. Refresh cache where needed
3. Go to the Frontend (as a guest / not logged in) and put something in your shopping cart
4. Verify that the persistent_shopping_cart cookie isn't created (while it should)
5. Remove the PHPSESSID cookie to clear your session

Expected result

1. After removing the PHPSESSID cookie the shopping cart should stay intact

Actual result

1. After removing the PHPSESSID cookie the shopping cart is empty again
2. No sign of the persistent_shopping_cart cookie that should kick in to preserve the cart

[magento-engcom-team]

@GuiltyNL, thank you for your report.
We've acknowledged the issue and added to our backlog.

[PascalBrouwers]

@irenelagno could you have a look at this please? :)

[r3v4ek]

@magento-engcom-team Hi. We have the same problem in our store. Any updates from your side?

[TimQSO]

Any updates on this one?

[TimQSO]

It is a pity it takes so long for this ticket. :(

[katmoon]

Persistent shopping cart cookie is created only for a registered user. The cookie contains non-sensitive information and will be used when the user logs off or the session cookie expires.

[TimQSO]

Well it doesn't make sense to make this option available for registered users only. It should also work for guest users with an expiring session cookie.

[imontaine]

Just so you guys know, Shopify keeps guest carts for 2 weeks. Sellers using Magento stores are at a severe disadvantage by not passing some sort of guest persistence.