Debian Bug report logs - #635482
epiphany-browser 3.0.4-1 does not remember open tabs

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Package: epiphany-browser; Maintainer for epiphany-browser is Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>; Source for epiphany-browser is src:epiphany-browser (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:54:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version epiphany-browser/3.0.4-1

Done: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>:
Bug#635482; Package epiphany-browser. (Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:54:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>. (Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:54:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com>
To: debian-bts <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: epiphany-browser 3.0.4-1 does not remember open tabs
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:20:05 +0530
Package: epiphany-browser
Version: 3.0.4-1
Severity: normal

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Hi all,
 Epiphany-browser does not remember any open tabs. To reproduce this :-

a. Click on a shortcut of Epiphany or click on Epiphany through
GNOME/menu > Internet > Epiphany

b. Open few tabs.

c. Close tabs.

d. Open through shortcut again, the last session/tabs opened are not there.

I saw the Preferences i.e. Edit > Preferences as well as Tools >
Extensions neither of them helps/ed.

e. I also tried to figure out using gconf-editor > /apps/epiphany but
was unable to see any values worth changing.

This makes it harder to use/make Epiphany my primary browser to use.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'),
(1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_IN, LC_CTYPE=en_IN (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages epiphany-browser depends on:
ii  dbus-x11                    1.4.12-5     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  epiphany-browser-data       3.0.4-1      Data files for the GNOME web brows
ii  gnome-icon-theme            3.0.0-4      GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas   3.0.1-1      GSettings deskop-wide schemas
ii  iso-codes                   3.27-1       ISO language, territory, currency,
ii  libavahi-client3            0.6.30-5     Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3            0.6.30-5     Avahi common library
ii  libavahi-gobject0           0.6.30-5     Avahi GObject library
ii  libc6                       2.13-10      Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2                   1.10.2-6     The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3                 1.4.12-5     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2            0.94-4       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0          2.23.5-2     GDK Pixbuf library
ii  libgirepository-1.0-1       0.10.8-2     Library for handling GObject intro
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.28.6-1     The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0           3.0.3-1      GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgtk-3-0                  3.0.11-1     GTK+ graphical user interface libr
ii  libice6                     2:1.0.7-2    X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libnspr4-0d                 4.8.8-2      NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  libnss3-1d                  3.12.10-3    Network Security Service libraries
ii  libpango1.0-0               1.28.4-1     Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libseed-gtk3-0              3.0.0-2      GObject JavaScript bindings for th
ii  libsm6                      2:1.2.0-2    X11 Session Management library
ii  libsoup-gnome2.4-1          2.34.2-2     HTTP library implementation in C -
ii  libsoup2.4-1                2.34.2-2     HTTP library implementation in C -
ii  libwebkitgtk-3.0-0          1.4.2-1      Web content engine library for Gtk
ii  libx11-6                    2:1.4.3-2    X11 client-side library
ii  libxml2                     2.7.8.dfsg-3 GNOME XML library
ii  libxslt1.1                  1.1.26-7+b1  XSLT 1.0 processing library - runt

Versions of packages epiphany-browser recommends:
ii  ca-certificates          20110502        Common CA certificates
ii  evince                   2.32.0-1        Document (PostScript, PDF) viewer
ii  yelp                     2.30.1+webkit-1 Help browser for GNOME

Versions of packages epiphany-browser suggests:
ii  epiphany-extensions           3.0.0-3    Extensions for Epiphany web browse

epiphany-webkit depends on no packages.

-- no debconf information

-- 
          Regards,
          Shirish Agarwal  शिरीष अग्रवाल
  My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com
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Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>:
Bug#635482; Package epiphany-browser. (Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:09:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to 635482@bugs.debian.org:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>. (Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:09:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #10 received at 635482@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>
To: shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com>, 635482@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#635482: epiphany-browser 3.0.4-1 does not remember open tabs
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:05:13 +0200
Le mardi 26 juillet 2011 à 13:20 +0530, shirish शिरीष a écrit :
>  Epiphany-browser does not remember any open tabs. To reproduce this :-
> 
> a. Click on a shortcut of Epiphany or click on Epiphany through
> GNOME/menu > Internet > Epiphany
> 
> b. Open few tabs.
> 
> c. Close tabs.
> 
> d. Open through shortcut again, the last session/tabs opened are not there.

Indeed. If you want to keep the tabs open, don’t close the browser.
They will come back if you save the session and restart it, but epiphany
cannot know, when you close a window, wheter you actually wanted to
remember the open tabs or you just wanted to close them.

-- 
 .''`.      Josselin Mouette
: :' :
`. `'  “If you behave this way because you are blackmailed by someone,
  `-    […] I will see what I can do for you.”  -- Jörg Schilling





Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>:
Bug#635482; Package epiphany-browser. (Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:39:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>. (Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:39:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #15 received at 635482@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com>
To: 635482@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#635482: epiphany-browser 3.0.4-1 does not remember open tabs
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:07:50 +0530
At bottom :-

On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 00:35, Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> wrote:
> Le mardi 26 juillet 2011 à 13:20 +0530, shirish शिरीष a écrit :
>>  Epiphany-browser does not remember any open tabs. To reproduce this :-
>>
>> a. Click on a shortcut of Epiphany or click on Epiphany through
>> GNOME/menu > Internet > Epiphany
>>
>> b. Open few tabs.
>>
>> c. Close tabs.
>>
>> d. Open through shortcut again, the last session/tabs opened are not there.
>
> Indeed. If you want to keep the tabs open, don’t close the browser.
> They will come back if you save the session and restart it, but epiphany
> cannot know, when you close a window, wheter you actually wanted to
> remember the open tabs or you just wanted to close them.

Dear Josselin Moutette,
       Thank you for responding so quickly. Looking back at the
bug-report, I should have put  c. as

c. Close session, close tabs (all) by clicking on the browser X (in
title bar)  to exit the session

Josellin, maybe I missed it but there does not seem to be a preference
to be able to save the session. I looked in the general preferences as
well as Edit > Preferences but have not been able to find anything . I
also looked in the extensions to see if there was something there but
failed to find anything there as well.

Lastly, looked through the integrated Help (F1) to see if this was
documented somewhere but seems it isn't.

If there is a way please enlighten me. Thanks.

> --
>  .''`.      Josselin Mouette
> : :' :
> `. `'  “If you behave this way because you are blackmailed by someone,
>  `-    […] I will see what I can do for you.”  -- Jörg Schilling

-- 
          Regards,
          Shirish Agarwal  शिरीष अग्रवाल
  My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com
065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3  8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17




Reply sent to Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (Sun, 09 Nov 2025 23:55:11 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Notification sent to shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (Sun, 09 Nov 2025 23:55:11 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #20 received at 635482-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>
To: 624004-done@bugs.debian.org, 632237-done@bugs.debian.org, 635223-done@bugs.debian.org, 635372-done@bugs.debian.org, 635482-done@bugs.debian.org, 646066-done@bugs.debian.org, 648099-done@bugs.debian.org, 665978-done@bugs.debian.org, 668346-done@bugs.debian.org, 676254-done@bugs.debian.org, 677324-done@bugs.debian.org, 681624-done@bugs.debian.org, 685008-done@bugs.debain.org, 686822-done@bugs.debian.org, 686830-done@bugs.debian.org, 687061-done@bugs.debian.org, 699587-done@bugs.debian.org, 700431-done@bugs.debian.org, 533376-done@bugs.debian.org, 543151-done@bugs.debian.org, 607316-done@bugs.debian.org, 470023-done@bugs.debian.org, 519955-done@bugs.debian.org, 565784-done@bugs.debian.org, 581762-done@bugs.debian.org, 595062-done@bugs.debian.org, 613216-done@bugs.debian.org, 620058-done@bugs.debian.org, 685876-done@bugs.debian.org, 730591-done@bugs.debian.org, 357904-done@bugs.debian.org, 504441-done@bugs.debian.org, 548535-done@bugs.debian.org, 580238-done@bugs.debian.org, 584872-done@bugs.debian.org, 638149-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: closing ancient epiphany-browser bugs
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2025 18:51:24 -0500
There have been many changes to Debian since this bug was originally
reported. If you are still experiencing this issue with Debian 13 (or
with Debian 12 or Testing or Unstable), please report a new bug.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha



Bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <owner@bugs.debian.org> to internal_control@bugs.debian.org. (Mon, 08 Dec 2025 07:48:53 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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