Stacks-wallet-web: Ensure extension works in Firefox when setting enabled to delete cookie and site data

Thanks for this report, @john-light, and sorry you've run into this.

Mind providing console logs for the originating app window in case there's something indicative in there? As well as information about your system and browser (such as add-ons that might be doing something here to modify inter-window behavior) that'd be helpful for recreation?

@timstackblock As you'll see in the screen grab, a new tab is getting opened with the app every time an account is selected for app authentication. At first glance, it appears something funky is going on with our callback to the original window. Let's see if we can recreate then diagnose.

cc @hstove

Hey @john-light , I see that the name you're using johnlight2020.id is not yet fully registered at the blockchain level. When did you register this name?

Also, thank you so much for opening this issue. You've been hugely helpful with the bugs and other issues you've brought up lately.

Hi folks, I went back to try again so I could see if the web console showed anything useful, and whatever was a blocker before no longer seems to be an issue, at least on Sigle and BlockSurvey. It's a bit strange to me since nothing has changed about my browsing setup but can't complain that things now work as expected!

However, I tried the extension in the same browser (Firefox 78.0.2) on another machine running the same OS (Linux Mint 18.3) and ran into the same problem. There's a setting in Firefox that I only had enabled on this second browser, which is Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed. After disabling this setting, the problem was solved and I could log in to Sigle. Is there a way to get the extension to work even with this setting enabled? It would be an annoyance to have to enable/disable it every time I want to use Blockstack, which is the only extension affected by this setting.

(Also I did find another bug but I'll create a separate issue for that.)

I'm glad to hear you got unblocked on that first machine, though that is a bit disconcerting that it went away without any intervention, suggesting a possible intermittent bug. We'll have to keep our eyes out.

As for the second machine, I'm re-titling this issue to "Ensure extension works in Firefox when setting enabled to delete cookie and site data" so we can look into that particular conflict. To confirm, you're unable to authenticate at all with the extension when this setting is enabled? It's not simply that your session is lost when restarting Firefox?

Please do file a separate issue for the other bug and we can follow up on that one, too. 🙏

To confirm, you're unable to authenticate at all with the extension when this setting is enabled? It's not simply that your session is lost when restarting Firefox?

Correct. The Blockstack App displays similar behavior to that shown in the video in my OP on this issue when this setting is enabled. When I disable this setting, Blockstack App authentication works as expected.

I am able to reproduce this issue, thanks @john-light

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