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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  [browser] can't make browser forget open pages

Status in Ubuntu UX bugs:
  Fix Committed
Status in Web Browser App:
  Confirmed
Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  After killing the browser app, each subsequent restart will open it
  with the same set of pages open.  In theory this might be a nice
  feature, but it's kind of a problem if one of those pages causes the
  browser to crash or lock up.  The browser app then becomes unusable
  without manually removing its config.

  Could we make it ask on launch whether to re-open previous pages, and
  let the user choose to start fresh if desired?

  I've noticed this a lot lately, but the specific version I'm using now
  is from rtm krillin image 33.

  -- SOLUTION --
  1) If a crash happens, the browser will have an error page on restart, rather than the page the caused the crash.
  2) If user wants, he will be able to reload the page (and potentially crash the browser again).
  Design here:
  https://docs.google.com/a/canonical.com/presentation/d/1Qrd4Flfs3EH-fI79IfrYgLdAx2nce-L7ve8NKLCX324/edit#slide=id.g3c37ea932_70

  Note: All the other tabs should persist.

  Note: The above solution does not address the common use case of "I
  want a fresh, empty browser instance", or "I want to choose whether to
  restore my session", which is what many people seem to want.

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