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Status: WontFix
Owner: ----
Closed: Apr 2017
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OS: iOS
Pri: 2
Type: Bug



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Webpages loaded from most popular/likely tiles are not syncing into history for passphrase enabled accounts.

Project Member Reported by rakurati@chromium.org, Apr 26 2017

Issue description

App Version:59.0.3071.27
iOS Version: 10.2.1, 9.3.5
Device: iPhone 7 plus, iPad Air, iPad pro

Precondition: 
1. Google account should contain a passphrase
2. Chrome in both devices (let’s call both devices as  A and B) should be logged in with same account and passphrase password should be provided.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Launch chrome and open a NTP
2. Load web page from most popular/likely tiles in device A.
3. Load web page which is not in most popular/most likely tiles (eg: rottentomatoes.com)
4. Open history tab in device B.

Observed results:
The web page loaded in step 2 is not synced into history of device B whereas the webpage loaded in step 3 is synched into history.

Expected results:
The web pages loaded in the chrome should always sync into history

Number of times you were able to reproduce: 5/5
Bug reproducible after clean install: Yes
Bug reproducible after clearing cache and cookies: Yes
Bug reproducible on Chrome Mobile on Android: Not tested
Bug reproducible on Firefox/Safari: Firefox: NA, Safari: NA
Bug reproducible on current stable build (App Version, iOS Version): Yes on M58
Bug reproducible on the current beta channel build (App Version, iOS Version): Yes on M59

Link to video/image: https://drive.google.com/a/google.com/file/d/0B8Cek8RsDbF8QXphWFZCQ3VaWEk/view?usp=sharing

 

Comment 1 by s...@chromium.org, Apr 26 2017

Status: WontFix (was: Untriaged)
So this is actually WAI, closing as WontFix. At https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/1181035 we try to document this behavior about custom passphrases:

> Your history won't sync across devices. Web addresses that you type in the address bar in Chrome will still sync.

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