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Chrome 152 Exempts www.google.com From the 'Delete Site Data on Close' Setting
Jeff Johnson published a reproducible test on September 5 showing Chrome 152.0.7977.83 on macOS retains cookies, local storage and session storage for www.google.com after all windows close, despite the browser being configured to delete all site data on close. His method was to clear all data, run a single Google search, close every window, then inspect chrome://settings/content/all, where the Google entry survived a browser restart. Johnson documented a similar exemption six years ago that Google eventually fixed, and attributes this one to QA failure rather than intent.
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