Preferred language is not saved in the cookie

[kleinpetr]

I would like to know what should be the expected behavior of the cookie user-locale

My Expectation
// having en-US browser

1. visit the web which resolves en locale - detected by browser
2. switch locale to cs or any other lang - now the cookie should change to cs value
3. close website
4. visit website -> now I would expect the web will be in cs locale

This is how standard i18n works imo.

Thanks for clarification

[s00d]

On the first visit to the website, the locale is determined and the user is redirected to the page corresponding to the detected locale. On subsequent visits, the user is taken to the same link they accessed, meaning the locale determination does not occur again. As far as I remember, i18n works similarly.

[kleinpetr]

you can try it in the demo, ideally in the anonymous window, https://stackblitz.com/github/kleinpetr/nuxt-content-i18n_micro

1. visit the page (it should be redirected to /en prefix
2. open another tab, access the website again, it is not redirected to /en and stays with the default cs lang even though I didn't change the locale in the first session
3. in the second session change the locale to /en
4. open another tab and it will resolves again in just cs

[s00d]

You haven't enabled the autoDetectLanguage option, but after enabling redirects, it started working. The only thing I want to clarify is that I’m using a 301 redirect, and because of this, the browser remembers the redirect and performs it automatically when reopening the page. I could try switching to a 302, which should theoretically solve the issue.

[kleinpetr]

we have already set autoDetectLanguage in another project, so I've updated it in the demo as well, but I am trying to debug the cookie itself and when I change the language using switcher, the cookie is not changed anymore, that would be the issue imo.

[s00d]

try v1.30.1

I changed the redirect to 302. For re-detecting the locale, additional logic needs to be added, but I haven't done it yet. I'll look into it when I have time. Currently, it works as follows:

1. On the first visit, it detects the locale, redirects, and saves it in cookies.
2. On subsequent visits, it doesn't use the redirect logic.

If you have time, you can try implementing the logic for re-redirecting yourself. You'll just need to add an option to enable this feature. I'll try to find time for it later.

[kleinpetr]

So it means, when user switch the locale, it is not saved in the cookie, right? so there is nothing like "preferred language" which would be kept for another visit.

[s00d]

So it means, when user switch the locale, it is not saved in the cookie, right? so there is nothing like "preferred language" which would be kept for another visit.

yes that's true