Help with overrides

[IkelAtomig]

So, I am currently trying to use user.js for the first time. I understand everything. Just writing my own user-overrides.js file. During that I found this bunch of prefs which seems overlapping.

\/* To keep cookies for Selected Sites via exceptions as Allow, see 2801 or this wiki entry ***/

/* override recipe: enable session restore ***/
  user_pref("browser.privatebrowsing.autostart", false); // 0110 required if you had it set as true
  user_pref("places.history.enabled", true); // 0862 required if you had it set as false
user_pref("browser.sessionstore.privacy_level", 0); // 1003 [to restore cookies/formdata if not sanitized]
  // user_pref("network.cookie.lifetimePolicy", 0); // 2801 [DON'T: add cookie + site data exceptions instead]
user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.history", false); // 2811
  // user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies", false); // 2811 optional: default false arkenfox v94
  // user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.formdata", false); // 2811 optional
user_pref("privacy.cpd.history", false); // 2812 to match when you use Ctrl-Shift-Del
  // user_pref("privacy.cpd.cookies", false); // 2812 optional: default false arkenfox v94
  // user_pref("privacy.cpd.formdata", false); // 2812 optional

/* - override recipe: keep some cookies + site data on exit ***/
    // user_pref("network.cookie.lifetimePolicy", 2); // 2801 [default 2 in user.js 94+]
    // user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies", false); // 2811 [default false in user.js 94+] 
    // user_pref("privacy.cpd.cookies", false); // 2812 Ctrl-Shift-Del [default false in user.js 94+]

// user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.offlineApps", false); // 2811 [default false in user.js 95+]
// user_pref("privacy.cpd.offlineApps", false); // 2812 Ctrl-Shift-Del [default false in user.js 95+]

// user_pref("browser.privatebrowsing.autostart", false); // 0110 required if you had it set as true
// user_pref("places.history.enabled", true); // 0862 required if you had it set as false
user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.history", false); // 2803
// user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies", false); // 2803 optional
// user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.formdata", false); // 2803 optional
user_pref("privacy.cpd.history", false); // 2804 to match when you use Ctrl-Shift-Del
// user_pref("privacy.cpd.cookies", false); // 2804 optional
// user_pref("privacy.cpd.formdata", false); // 2804 optional

What I want is AF can clear Cache on exit but should have Cache during session. Should not clear history because I will do that at the end of day using Ctrl+Shift+Del so, I can find things if I ever need it back.

Cookies can be cleared except the ones listed in exceptions. I use ProtonMail in the Web AFAIK it uses local storage. So, clearing Site Data might break it.

So, Could you find what should I use from the above ?

I know this is not your Job. But I need some help in this regard. And don't close the issue faster.

[fxbrit]

from your description I'm under the impression that you only need:

user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.history", false); // 2803

so that you can keep history and clear it manually on close.

What I want is AF can clear Cache on exit but should have Cache during session.

Cookies can be cleared except the ones listed in exceptions. I use ProtonMail in the Web AFAIK it uses local storage. So, clearing Site Data might break it.

this is all default behavior for this user.js.

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

too much noise - remove all the things that are now default in AF, and remove the duplicates and try again

this is all default behavior for this user.js.

Exactly

• We already clear cache on close (not 100% sure if this includes other items like HSTS: I think they recently changed this) - but this is more of a fallback pref if users enable disk cache

  • but should have Cache during session

  • what on earth makes you think cache is cleared during a session? We don't use disk cache, but it does exist in memory
• We already clear "cookies" on close (currently the lifetime pref) but allow for "cookie AND site data" exceptions (set "cookie" permission as Allow) ("cookies" here refers to cookies AND site data)
• We already do not clear "site data" on close

  • 2811: "offlineApps": Offline Website Data: localStorage, service worker cache, QuotaManager (IndexedDB, asm-cache)

  • this means that if you keep a cookie (as Allow) you also keep it's other data
  • this was done in 9d61992 (read the description) , also see Can't get logins to save between sessions [solved: offlineApps sanitizing] #1291

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so everything you asked for is already the default .. except history, and that's up to you

2811 - just override the clear history on close part

// keep my history
user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.history", false);   // [DEFAULT: true]

2812- but don't change this one, because you said you wanted to do it manually (ctrl-shift-del)

user_pref("privacy.cpd.history", true);  // [DEFAULT: true]

[rusty-snake]

privacy.clearOnShutdown.history=true: clear history when you close FF
places.history.enabled=false: disable history (in session)

[IkelAtomig]

Thank You to @Thorin-Oakenpants , @fxbrit and @rusty-snake for helping me out.