If the profile is managed, it seems that local data is deleted - at least it becomes unusable, so it might as well be deleted. If that is avoidable, it would be good to do so. I can understand why you would want to delete the local data associated with a managed profile in some circumstances, but "Google deprecated an API" doesn't seem like one of them.
Another mitigation would be to provide a message that makes it clearer that the problem is with Chromium and not with the managed account. That would save a lot of wasted time between employees and their company tech support. (Though maybe it's too late for this to be useful - perhaps everyone who is going to hit this bug has done so already.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1917705 Title: "profile will be deleted" at startup after chromium 89 update Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: After updating the chromium-browser snap from 1497 to 1506, Chromium refuses to work with profiles that are linked to Google accounts. Each of them is deleted whenever first opening it. And turning on profile synchronization does not work. See the attached file for a screenshot of the issue. Workaround: 1. Kill the current chromium process. 2. Revert the snap back to an older version. Warning 1: Running on an older version of Chromium comes at its own issues. Warning 2: Any already deleted profile will not be restored by going back to an older version of Chromium. You will have to create and link the profile again. This bug is severe and means that Chromium has become unusable in a professional environment. "We also need:" 1) The release of Ubuntu you are using $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS Release: 20.04 Codename: focal 2) The version of the package you are using $ snap list chromium Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes chromium 89.0.4389.72 1506 latest/stable canonical* - 3) What you expected to happen Chromium works as usual, linked profiles work, new profiles can be linked to sync with Google accounts. 4) What happened instead Chromium cannot work with linked profiles. Existing profiles from older versions of Chromium that are linked to sync with a Google account are deleted upon start, and the feature of linking a profile to a Google account for syncing is broken. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1917705/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
