Chrome local storage is getting cleared for every time loading the page

[dharmadurai]

We are using node express framework, after login we are storing the user informations in local storage of the browser..

After login site will redirect to home page, but local storage is cleared, So it is again redirecting to login page.. Is there any way to maintain the local storage?

[zabil]

Have you tried using using a custom --user-data-dir for e.g.

openBrowser({args: ["--user-data-dir=c:\foo"]})   

Here a list of options for openBrowser you can override any chromium option using the args parameter.

[NivedhaSenthil]

Local storage are by default cleared on newDocumentLoad by taiko as the behaviour was different on headful and headless modes, using user-data-dir may not be helpful now. In headless mode local storage was persisted, whereas in headless mode it was cleared by chrome. Will it be helpful if there is an config option set when opening browser like await openBrowser({localStorage:true}) ? Like @zabil mentioned even when this option is provided custom --user-data-dir has to used to persist the value in headless mode.

[dharmadurai]

Thanks @zabil and @NivedhaSenthil we will try this.

[NivedhaSenthil]

@dharmadurai currently await openBrowser({localStorage:true}) is not available, it has to be added

[dharmadurai]

Ok.. thanks @NivedhaSenthil

[negiDharmendra]

Few points from the discussed with the team.

• Always set a new temp directory as --user-data-dir and remove it after closing the browser.
• No need to clear browser local storage, cache, and cookies as the first point will take care of that.
• Do not remove the --user-data-dir when a user provides the --user-data-dir.