Firefox has customizable preferences for what goes away when you close
the browser. Have a look at Preferences → Privacy → Settings →
Authenticated Sessions to see if yours is behaving like you’re
expecting it to.
When the clicks on “log off” I do a “reset_session”…shouldn’t the
cookie
be deleted in firefox?
Yes, but it won’t really be gone until the next request. Are you
redirecting after the reset_session ?
Yes, I make a redirect_to to the home page and render a partial
with information concerning the successfull log out.
As described above the problem does not occur in safari-
I just tested this one app I have open and I don’t notice any
differences with reset_session between Safari and Firefox. I have to
think something is up with your Firefox.
When the clicks on “log off” I do a “reset_session”…shouldn’t the
cookie
be deleted in firefox?
Yes, but it won’t really be gone until the next request. Are you
redirecting after the reset_session ?
As described above the problem does not occur in safari-
I just tested this one app I have open and I don’t notice any
differences with reset_session between Safari and Firefox. I have to
think something is up with your Firefox.