Logged out in Chrome October 25, 2008 8:53 PM Subscribe
When using Metafilter with Chrome (on Windows XP), I seem to get logged out frequently. Has anyone else noticed this?
There doesn't seem to be any pattern, as far as I can tell, and it started when I switched from Firefox to Chrome. It will sometimes happen while I'm browsing the site, so it's probably not an issue with cookies not persisting from one session to another.
It is quite possibly a problem with Chrome, since Metafilter is the only site I stay logged in on and use daily.
There doesn't seem to be any pattern, as far as I can tell, and it started when I switched from Firefox to Chrome. It will sometimes happen while I'm browsing the site, so it's probably not an issue with cookies not persisting from one session to another.
It is quite possibly a problem with Chrome, since Metafilter is the only site I stay logged in on and use daily.
I'm guessing this is related to a cookie limit Chrome has in place. I can't find a confirmation anywhere, but we've had reports of problems with IE7—which has a 20 cookie limit per domain. Once these folks installed a patch to increase the cookie limit to 50, the login problems went away.
MeFi uses a hefty number of cookies for setting site preferences, so it's pretty easy to run into a 20 cookie limit (if that exists). Firefox, Opera, and Safari generally have a 50 cookie limit per domain.
posted by pb (staff) at 9:08 PM on October 25, 2008
MeFi uses a hefty number of cookies for setting site preferences, so it's pretty easy to run into a 20 cookie limit (if that exists). Firefox, Opera, and Safari generally have a 50 cookie limit per domain.
posted by pb (staff) at 9:08 PM on October 25, 2008
It's just doing the rest of us a favor.
Ohhhh!
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:12 PM on October 25, 2008
Ohhhh!
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:12 PM on October 25, 2008
It's just doing the rest of us a favor.
Oh no you D-I-D-I-N-T
posted by special-k at 10:35 PM on October 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
Oh no you D-I-D-I-N-T
posted by special-k at 10:35 PM on October 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
I run in to this on Chrome with every site as well. If anyone knows a fix, I'd love to hear it.
posted by 0xFCAF at 10:44 PM on October 25, 2008
posted by 0xFCAF at 10:44 PM on October 25, 2008
I'm quite certain you meant to post this under "features".
posted by loquacious at 12:37 AM on October 26, 2008
posted by loquacious at 12:37 AM on October 26, 2008
It hasn't been happening for me here, but I have noticed it elsewhere.
posted by penduluum at 12:56 AM on October 26, 2008
posted by penduluum at 12:56 AM on October 26, 2008
No problem here.
Testing in Firefox and Safari on os_x.
posted by localhuman at 1:00 AM on October 26, 2008
Testing in Firefox and Safari on os_x.
posted by localhuman at 1:00 AM on October 26, 2008
This happens to me. It seems like sometimes Chrome decides to just log me off of everywhere.
It's because Chrome is a jerk.
posted by aubilenon at 1:56 AM on October 26, 2008 [1 favorite]
It's because Chrome is a jerk.
posted by aubilenon at 1:56 AM on October 26, 2008 [1 favorite]
but he obviously gets logged in again.
this is a bug, not a feature.
posted by UbuRoivas at 2:25 AM on October 26, 2008
this is a bug, not a feature.
posted by UbuRoivas at 2:25 AM on October 26, 2008
I don't have this problem. Win XP Pro (two different machines). But I hardly ever use Chrome.
posted by dg at 4:10 AM on October 26, 2008
posted by dg at 4:10 AM on October 26, 2008
me too - only in Chrome (on XP SP3). Doesn't happen on the other forums I belong to.
posted by the_very_hungry_caterpillar at 8:29 AM on October 26, 2008
posted by the_very_hungry_caterpillar at 8:29 AM on October 26, 2008
Happens to me, too. I get logged out of a few sites every now and then. As far as I've heard it's a known bug with cookies.
posted by Nattie at 9:44 AM on October 26, 2008
posted by Nattie at 9:44 AM on October 26, 2008
I get logged out every few days, too. It's a known issue with Chrome and they're working on a fix.
posted by kiripin at 10:16 AM on October 26, 2008
posted by kiripin at 10:16 AM on October 26, 2008
It's just doing the rest of us a favor.
He's one of the only ones we've ever been able to keep around, and this is how you treat him?
posted by jamjam at 10:20 AM on October 26, 2008
He's one of the only ones we've ever been able to keep around, and this is how you treat him?
posted by jamjam at 10:20 AM on October 26, 2008
It's just doing the rest of us a favor.
Seriously, this is how you choose to respond to a MeFite's technical question? This isn't a referendum on the user.
posted by Falconetti at 11:09 AM on October 26, 2008
Seriously, this is how you choose to respond to a MeFite's technical question? This isn't a referendum on the user.
posted by Falconetti at 11:09 AM on October 26, 2008
Seriously, this is how you choose to respond to a MeFite's technical question? This isn't a referendum on the user.
I think there's some serious tongue-on-cheek action happening here... no need to get exercised.
posted by Captain Rayford Steele, Tribulation Force at 11:12 AM on October 26, 2008 [1 favorite]
I think there's some serious tongue-on-cheek action happening here... no need to get exercised.
posted by Captain Rayford Steele, Tribulation Force at 11:12 AM on October 26, 2008 [1 favorite]
*throws herself in front of MPDSEA, sobbing*
Stop that, all of you! Don't you hurt 'im!!! He's sick, I tell ya! He just needs our help!! Be gennle!! I... I...
I lulz him. I LUH-huh-huh-huhlz hi-hi-himmmm!!! *more sobbing, clinging, wetly*
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 11:33 AM on October 26, 2008
Stop that, all of you! Don't you hurt 'im!!! He's sick, I tell ya! He just needs our help!! Be gennle!! I... I...
I lulz him. I LUH-huh-huh-huhlz hi-hi-himmmm!!! *more sobbing, clinging, wetly*
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 11:33 AM on October 26, 2008
That's not a cheek.
posted by boo_radley at 12:09 PM on October 26, 2008
posted by boo_radley at 12:09 PM on October 26, 2008
well, not the cheek you're thinking of, anyway.
posted by UbuRoivas at 1:04 PM on October 26, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by UbuRoivas at 1:04 PM on October 26, 2008 [1 favorite]
I get logged out, but I log in again. You're never gonna keep me down.
posted by kindall at 1:06 PM on October 26, 2008 [3 favorites]
posted by kindall at 1:06 PM on October 26, 2008 [3 favorites]
You're never gonna keep me down.
I'll never run around and desert you, FWIW.
posted by turgid dahlia at 3:28 PM on October 26, 2008 [1 favorite]
I'll never run around and desert you, FWIW.
posted by turgid dahlia at 3:28 PM on October 26, 2008 [1 favorite]
I wouldn't recommend you dessert him, either.
Pretty fussy for people who just got some free gelato. And who live in Coogee.
posted by turgid dahlia at 8:27 PM on October 26, 2008 [1 favorite]
Pretty fussy for people who just got some free gelato. And who live in Coogee.
posted by turgid dahlia at 8:27 PM on October 26, 2008 [1 favorite]
Oh right, feces. I though it said Reese's!
posted by turgid dahlia at 8:31 PM on October 26, 2008
posted by turgid dahlia at 8:31 PM on October 26, 2008
Reese's? Isn't that an American chocolate? How can people tell the difference?
Also, as you would expect with a story like that, it was perhaps inevitable that Kevin Bacon would show up sooner or later:
"My question is: 'Did Kevin Bacon put the faeces in the ice-cream?'" said lawyer, Steven Lewis.
posted by UbuRoivas at 8:35 PM on October 26, 2008
Also, as you would expect with a story like that, it was perhaps inevitable that Kevin Bacon would show up sooner or later:
"My question is: 'Did Kevin Bacon put the faeces in the ice-cream?'" said lawyer, Steven Lewis.
posted by UbuRoivas at 8:35 PM on October 26, 2008
This happens to me, and I use IE6 on Windows 2000. It started on September 30.
posted by Crabby Appleton at 8:42 PM on October 26, 2008
posted by Crabby Appleton at 8:42 PM on October 26, 2008
Sheesh. I forget a "t" and then I follow through with an extraneous apostrophe. Go-go-Gadget-wordsmithery!
posted by turgid dahlia at 8:46 PM on October 26, 2008
posted by turgid dahlia at 8:46 PM on October 26, 2008
It's nice, at least, to see all the news agencies reporting that the hotel has a new brassiere. I wonder if the female staff get to wear it in turns, or is it for display purposes only?
And Crabby Appleton - you should probably take out a restraining order on Kevin Bacon.
posted by UbuRoivas at 8:46 PM on October 26, 2008
And Crabby Appleton - you should probably take out a restraining order on Kevin Bacon.
posted by UbuRoivas at 8:46 PM on October 26, 2008
Also, I like how we're talking about poop appearing in our food, and then Crabby is talking about how that happened to him too when he started using Windows. It's like a Mac fanboy's wet dream.
posted by turgid dahlia at 8:47 PM on October 26, 2008
posted by turgid dahlia at 8:47 PM on October 26, 2008
Yeah, but I don't know if we're all that keen on having Kevin Bacon on our side.
Couldn't Apple have hired somebody else to do their dirty work - Natalie Portman, for example?
posted by UbuRoivas at 8:57 PM on October 26, 2008
Couldn't Apple have hired somebody else to do their dirty work - Natalie Portman, for example?
posted by UbuRoivas at 8:57 PM on October 26, 2008
I don't know. Natalie Portman from Leon, or Natalie Portman from Star Wars?
posted by turgid dahlia at 8:58 PM on October 26, 2008
posted by turgid dahlia at 8:58 PM on October 26, 2008
Yeah, well fuckin' excuse me for trying to ignore all the shit in this thread and actually post something that's relevant.
posted by Crabby Appleton at 9:05 PM on October 26, 2008
posted by Crabby Appleton at 9:05 PM on October 26, 2008
Eponysterical!
posted by turgid dahlia at 9:07 PM on October 26, 2008
posted by turgid dahlia at 9:07 PM on October 26, 2008
I was thinking more along the lines of Hotel Chevalier.
posted by UbuRoivas at 9:08 PM on October 26, 2008
posted by UbuRoivas at 9:08 PM on October 26, 2008
Yeah, it happens every now and then with pretty much all sites. It might be Google wanting me to work.
posted by _dario at 1:10 AM on October 27, 2008
posted by _dario at 1:10 AM on October 27, 2008
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posted by Skorgu at 8:54 PM on October 25, 2008