I’m encountering an issue with the Brave browser on my Linux laptop running brave 1.73.91. Whenever I log out or restart my laptop, websites where I was previously logged in no longer recognize my device. For example:
Google: I need to redo the full two-factor authentication (2FA), and I also receive an email saying a new device logged in.
GitHub: Similar behavior; it treats my browser as a new device every time.
It seems as though Brave is either deleting or not saving the necessary cookies or tokens required for these sites to remember my device.
I guess for many this is the desired behaviour but is there a way to deselect that for certain websites?
@Doodah It’s likely your issue is one of the issues below:
Your Shields settings is blocking cookies or set to do something like Forget me when I close this site
You have On Exit stuff enabled under Clear Browsing Data
You have selected some setting under On-Device Site Data, such as Delete data sites have saved to your device when you close all windows
You have an extension that blocks or clears cookies, cache, or whatever.
You have a 3rd party program like CCleaner, Avast Cleaner, or any number of other things which attempts to free up space on your device and tends to clear cookies and other data
You are opening in private/incognito window, maybe launching private by default, which would automatically clear all cookies and all when you exit the browsing session.
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It’s not literally logging you out of everything and it’s only certain websites like banks, which are logging you out because of their own security features. Many secure sites will clear if your fingerprint isn’t the exact same, your IP changes, or they may just automatically have cookies expire after a certain timeframe