Internet Explorer: A Bigger Cookie Jar
Although the majority of IE cookie issues are handled by our Developer Support team, every now and then a question about cookies will reach us on the Performance team. Often, the question will revolve around the number of cookies stored per domain. Prior to the August Cumulative Update for Internet Explorer, the IE cookie jar stored a maximum of 20 cookies per domain. If more than 20 cookies were sent by the server, older cookies were automatically dropped by the browser. This created a situation where a user could experience lost site settings, an empty web shopping basket or other issues.
As part of the IE Update, the cookies per domain limit has been increased from 20 to 50. The change was made to simplify the development and hosting of web applications. There's a much more detailed post over at the IE Blog regarding this update.
Until next time ...
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About CC Hameed
I joined Microsoft as a Support Engineer on the Performance team in September 2005. Prior to that I spent a couple of years working the late night shift on our Platforms 24x7 team. Working for Microsoft was always a dream job - so I am living the dream! I was on the Windows Vista Beta team in 2006, which was one of the coolest projects I have ever worked on, until I took on the task of driving the AskPerf Blog.
As you can tell by my logo, I am a huge Manchester United fan and I have successfully managed to brainwash my two daughters into sharing my passion for the Red Devils much to the dismay of their mother! I also coach both my daughters' soccer teams. In addition I am an avid MMO gamer, and have an extensive DVD movie collection.
