[whatwg] How long should sessionStorage data persist?

[Ian Hickson]

On Fri, 3 Apr 2009, Jeremy Orlow wrote:
>
> I created a page that sets a variable in sessionStorage, then I 
> navigated to a different domain, then I went back to the page and 
> checked if the variable was still set.  In Safari 4 (beta) it is.  In 
> IE8 it isn't. The spec is not terribly clear: "When a top-level browsing 
> context is destroyed (and therefore permanently inaccessible to the 
> user) the data stored in its session storage areas can be discarded with 
> it, as the API described in this specification provides no way for that 
> data to ever be subsequently retrieved."
> 
> Can anyone explain what's intended here?  If not, can the spec make it 
> more clear?

IE8 is buggy according to the text you quoted. I don't understand why the 
text is unclear. Does the definition of "browsing context" not leave this 
unambiguous?

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