Observed arrival · 2026-10-18
The Stay Signed In Checkbox, Put on the Record
An interactive critique of “Stay signed in” checkboxes, backed by cookie-expiry readings from four real websites and links to technical and policy sources.
○Open
⊠Login
$Paid
†Ads
✦Pretty
●Pro
◎Niche
◉Human
⚑Risk
ƒJS
- For
- People curious about browser sessions and sign-in persistence
- Worth noticing
- It distinguishes cookie expiry visible in DevTools from a server’s ability to end a session sooner.
Field notes
The page gives readers a repeatable check: sign in with the box unchecked, then checked, and inspect the cookie expiry in Chromium DevTools. Its table separates the checkbox state from the measured expiry, and it supplies JSON alongside dated readings. The author notes that a cookie’s expiry is only what the browser was told; a server can still end a session earlier.
Observed signals
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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.
○OpenPublic substance visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
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