Safari randomly logging me out of every website and dumping all website settings
I'm current using MacOS 14.1 (23B74), but this problem predates Sonoma. Safari Version 17.1 (19616.2.9.11.7)
The problem happens every 3 or 4 weeks, and just happened now. I'm working away in Safari, when all of a sudden, I am completely logged out of every website. Google, YouTube, Shopify, Facebook, every **** website that I've been using, all open in multiple tabs, completely logged out. All of my cookie banner opt-out preferences completely reset. It is as if I accidentally deleted all of the cookies stored by Safari. But here's the thing; every single cookie is still intact!
I go to the Safari menu -> Settings -> Privacy -> Manage Website Data and every cookie I've ever allowed for at least 2 years shows up here.
But now, I have to re-login again to every website I use. I have to deal with a fresh deluge of cookie consent banners. I was right in the middle of dealing with a P1 incident for a client's website when Safari decided to fail on me. I have Chrome and Firefox, but I want to use Safari as my primary browser. I've invested a lot of time in getting things "just right" in Safari, and I have special uses for Chrome and Firefox, so I 100% do not want to switch browsers, but I need a browser I can trust, and this recent misbehavior from Safari is has put a big dent in my trust.
Has anyone else seen this behavior? Any suggestions or troubleshooting steps would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
MacBook Pro (M1, 2020)