Opera GX on Mac is not keeping data

mrwhitby

mrwhitby

Hi all,

I've been recently using Opera GX as a daily driver and been loving it but have become increasingly frustrated with it signing me out on exit everytime. To the point where I'm going to uninstall it and go back to Edge or Firefox.

Yes, the clear cookies on exit is unchecked
Yes, I've reinstalled the browser entirely including removal of any backend relations to the app.
Yes, I've tried Opera Sync both on and off
Yes, I've reinstalled and tried without importing from other browsers
No, I do not have cCleaner installed nor any other programs that would clear this sort of data on exit
No, I do not have this issue with any other browser.
Yes, my user account on my mac is Sudo

Normally at this point, I'd put the browser in the bin but from what I've used and seen, I love it. But I really need a hand looking for a fix for this.

This is on my MAC M1 running macOS Ventura 13.1

If it is relevant, I've also noticed that Opera GX also clears the favicons on links in my bookmarks bar on restart also, assuming another Cookie issue.

Zergond

Zergond @mrwhitby

@mrwhitby I have same issue and this is really annoying, as well double checked if setting "clear cookies on exit" is disabled.
Same machine and macOS version

PatterK

PatterK

Experiencing the same thing.

Super annoying.

All it takes is closing Opera completely with ⌘Q and poof everything is gone.

Logging on to everything especially things that use 2FA all the time is not something i Feel like doing.

If this continues I might just migrate to another browser.

Been using Opera and Opera GX for a while now and had no quals besides that damn sidebar showing up after every singe update.

Graham-milne

Graham-milne

Hello, I cannot seem to make opera gx save my passwords. I have tried a clean profile aswell as a full reinstall and it still does not work. It used to work perfectly until i had to reset my mac and reinstall opera and now it doesnt work. I feel like i have tried everything. Any suggestions are apprecitated!

iTimELeZz

iTimELeZz

Hello Opera Forums,

As a new member of this forum, I would like to welcome everyone first.

Now to my problem:

I downloaded for my Macbook M1 Max Opera GX and wanted to try it as an alternative to my current daily browser Safari.

However, I have the feeling that it doesn't really want to work on Mac OS.

Every time I finish Opera GX, I have to log in to the Opera account in the browser myself, and all logged-in pages as an example Youtube, do not save my login data.

I have seen that several have already had this problem, but for them the checkbox "Throw away cookies on exit" was activated, for me this setting is deactivated at every start.

I'm starting to be really unquestionable why, since such an error must be noticed in the development of testing, I have set up a VM for testing purposes and have exactly the same problem there, says it is definitely a browser problem, I hope to advance the topic through this forum and provide an update.

Perhaps necessary information:

MacOS where I tested it:

M1 Max - Ventura 13.1
MacOS VM - Big Sur 11.7.3

Opera GX Versions that I tested:

94.0.4606.107

I hope someone may have a temporary solution, otherwise this browser will be removed directly for me, which would be a pity without giving it a chance

PLAYBOIMAFIA

PLAYBOIMAFIA

I have recently switched form Google Chrome to Opera GX and I have signed in to almost all of the websites i use but it keeps signing me out every time i restart my MacBook. I even put in the option to allow all cookies but it still doesn't work. What do i do?

mrwhitby

mrwhitby

Devs, any updates on this or at least acknowledgement of the issue?!

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @mrwhitby

@mrwhitby They know about the issue, I just don't know if they were able to reproduce it already.

GRYz1n

GRYz1n

Installed GX on Macbook M1 and faced this really annoying bug today. It really makes browser unusable. GX even don't remember my opera account in its settings. Btw, don't have this problem on Linux and windows, thou. Hope devs can fix this mess ASAP...

josephhuang01

josephhuang01

Hi, I just got my computer changed to M1 Macbook Air and I had problems trying to import the passwords from a CSV file but somehow it does not work. Whenever I imported the passwords it showed that the passwords are imported. Then I realized that the browser didn't even save my passwords even though I have "Offer to save passwords" on.

I've tried reinstalling the browser and deleting the entire directory of in my computer but it still wouldn't let me import the passwords. Can anyone help?

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @josephhuang01

@josephhuang01 Check the topic above

iTimELeZz

iTimELeZz

I did a little research and ran Opera GX in debug mode, the following errors were written out when closing:

[60588:35075:0222/114603.524404:ERROR:partner_bookmarks_utils.cc(263)] Unable to read partner speeddials file.
objc[60595]: Class WebSwapCGLLayer is implemented in both /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/WebCore.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/libANGLE-shared.dylib (0x23d3eaf88) and /Applications/Opera GX.app/Contents/Frameworks/Opera Framework.framework/Versions/95.0.4635.54/Libraries/libGLESv2.dylib (0x108ec3b30). One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
[60588:137251:0222/114610.598918:ERROR:gcm_store_impl.cc(953)] Failed to restore security token.
[60588:259:0222/114610.926165:ERROR:CONSOLE(22)] "Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token 'export'", source: chrome://resources/js/assert.js (22)
[60588:259:0222/114610.926190:ERROR:CONSOLE(5)] "Uncaught SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module", source: chrome://resources/js/util.js (5)
[60588:259:0222/114610.971285:ERROR:named_platform_channel_mac.cc(69)] bootstrap_look_up /Users/*/Library/Application Support/com.operasoftware.OperaGX/oauc_pipe_r: Unknown service name (1102)
[60636:259:0222/114610.995833:1019555219393:ERROR:icu_util.cc(181)] icudtl.dat not found in bundle
[60636:259:0222/114610.996203:1019555223266:ERROR:icu_util.cc(243)] Invalid file descriptor to ICU data received.
[60636:9219:0222/114611.755288:1019573441635:ERROR:named_platform_channel_mac.cc(44)] bootstrap_check_in /Users/*/Library/Application Support/com.operasoftware.OperaGX/oauc_pipe_r: Service is already active (1103)
[60636:9219:0222/114611.755433:1019573444975:ERROR:ipc_thread_impl.cc(99)] Unable to create IPC as server!Pipe name used: /Users/*/Library/Application Support/com.operasoftware.OperaGX/oauc_pipe_r
[60588:259:0222/114634.104928:ERROR:fallback_task_provider.cc(124)] Every renderer should have at least one task provided by a primary task provider. If a "Renderer" fallback task is shown, it is a bug. If you have repro steps, please file a new bug and tag it as a dependency of crbug.com/739782.
sysctlbyname for kern.hv_vmm_present failed with status -1[60595:259:0222/114642.466232:ERROR:shared_image_manager.cc(251)] SharedImageManager::ProduceOverlay: Trying to Produce a Overlay representation from a non-existent mailbox.
[60595:259:0222/114642.466257:ERROR:skia_output_device_buffer_queue.cc(332)] Invalid mailbox.
[60688:259:0222/114653.250123:1020569328091:ERROR:icu_util.cc(181)] icudtl.dat not found in bundle
[60688:259:0222/114653.251891:1020569363532:ERROR:icu_util.cc(243)] Invalid file descriptor to ICU data received.

Among other things, I noticed the point "Failed to restore security token" here, which means: "This error suggests that the browser was not able to restore a security token, which can cause issues with accessing certain websites."

Which could be a possible mistake, which is why Opera has no way to store such things as registrations, But that's just a guess, at least this seems to be a general Mac problem, as older versions such as 89.0.4447.98 are also affected

zenixco

zenixco

I've had the same issue is it on mac or all devices? because this is so annoying if you ever find an answer please ping me here!

GRYz1n

GRYz1n @zenixco

@zenixco we all have same issue, it's about MacOS only, both Linux and Windows Opera versions work fine, problem is about 1 month old and still there is no fix to it. Unfortunately, browser now is unusable on MacOS till further notice. When will this notice be - only Odin and developers know...

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer

See https://forums.opera.com/post/302140 for a solution.

GRYz1n

GRYz1n @burnout426

@burnout426 solution worked, thanks a lot!

iTimELeZz

iTimELeZz

Solution also working for me. But is this the official way, or will the devs implement a update?

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer @iTimELeZz

@itimelezz I'm guessing you'll have to do this yourself and no update will do it automatically.

iTimELeZz

iTimELeZz @burnout426

@burnout426 said in Opera GX on Mac is not keeping data:

@itimelezz I'm guessing you'll have to do this yourself and no update will do it automatically.

Yeah already done this, as I previously wrote, it worked. But the devs should be able to fix such a issue

mrwhitby

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