Webpage displayed in Incognito, not in regular Chrome

Question

So i have been running into this problem with a lot of Wordpress sites lately, usually occurring when i am logged in as Admin, so i couldn't post here because no one would be able to view the problem. However, i just found a site that it happens on that doesn't require admin creds.

http://www.otisports.com/

When i visit this site in Chrome (Version 34.0.1847.137 m), it just displays a blank page. No errors, just the (what now seems standard) event.returnValue is deprecated. Please use the standard event.preventDefault() instead. warning. I have seen that warning signify problems on the site, but they are usually minor, not to the extent that the above URL displays. However, if i open an Incognito window and visit the site everything works perfectly and there is no warning. Does the Incognito window deal with webpages in a way that is so entirely different that it would cause something like this to happen?

I have been racking my brain trying to figure this out. Can anyone reproduce this? is it a bug in chrome?

EDIT: I just tried to open a bounty on this question and the EXACT same thing happened. In Regular Chrome, nothing happened when i clicked the start a bounty link and i saw various errors Undefined is not a function however in incognito everything worked perfectly. what gives?!

EDIT: Yes, i have cleared the cache, history, cookies, everything, and i still get the same errors. I cant even post a comment on this question because of errors...

Solution 1

After reading the comments I dug into chrome and saw there was a bunch of extensions still sitting around that were definitely malware and I thought I had previously deleted. Instead of picking through them one-by-one, I just deleted everything, re-installed Chrome, and now everything works great!

Solution 2

I came across the same issue when trying to open evernote.com. It loaded successfully while using incognito mode in chrome. Let me share how I fixed this even though the original post is way too old. But maybe someone can find it useful.

I'm using chrome (Version 73.0.3683.103 (Official Build) (64-bit)) running on Linux Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS.

I tried disabling all extensions and clearing browser data/cache but nothing worked. PS: Disabling adblock previously worked for me. Yes, I stumbled over the same issue before and whitelisting evernote in adblock solved the issue. But it didn't now.

The following is what worked for me:

1. Open developers tools (CTRL + SHIFT + J).
2. Navigate to Applications tab.
3. Choose Clear storage from the side menu
4. Hit Clear site data button.

Solution 3

I had the same issue. My application was working in Incognito mode and in Firefox but not in Regular Chrome. I even disabled all the extensions but no luck. I eventually cleared the Cached images and files because on developer console I found out that the regular chrome was still picking up the old file due to caching. So as soon as I cleared it, my app showed up like a rocket :)

Solution 4

Try removing any non required extension . Specifically AdBlock

I resolved the problem post that.

Since on Incognito , extensions are disabled, hence page run as expected.

Solution 5

I resolved this unforeseen issue using following steps.

CTRL + SHIFT + DEL > Clear Browsing Data.

1. Cookies and other site data
2. Cached images and files

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Comments

[MackieeE]

The only difference between the two versions of Chrome stated; is Cached JavaScript files.

[Kinnectus]

Have you tried clearing all Chrome's caches?

[codefreaK]

i can view both in incognito as well as normal mode in chrome

[MackieeE]

Then maybe it's the version of WordPress (and it's respected JavaScript library that's being loaded; e.g. Outdated jQuery) is the issue; although these 'warnings' won't kill the execution of the page. For which, these would be PHP errors, invisible without WP_DEBUG being on.

[Misiur]

If you can't post comment here on SO, you might have some kind of malware script injection

[MackieeE]

@Misiur some Google extensions failing behind the scenes also come to mind (Although these are within iframes/own windows I suspect?)

[codefreaK]

Have you used CCleaner @celeriko "Open up extensions, Adblock Plus filters, Untick any filters you use, tick them again! "<--- this was one of solutions in google forum

[Core]

Really this 'answer' is a workaround. I have noticed Ghostery, which is not malware, can interfere with normal website functionality. So, first thing to do is disable Ghostery for a site or sift through all the bugs it is blocking.

[bergie3000]

Similarly, I had to clear out "Cookies and other site data." My works-only-in-incognito pages now also work in my "normal" Chrome browser. Thanks for the inspiration.

[Admin]

For me, autoplay videos aren't working even though I do have them set to mute. Surprisingly, the autoplay works on incognito. But I've tried disabling all my extensions but I'm still stuck with the same issue. Any suggestions?

[manish kumar]

CORS extension doesnt gel with youtube. Try disabling that , or share the list of extensions you are having.

[sureshvv]

Did not have to touch cookies. Just cleared the cache.

[Ward W]

I too cleared out BOTH 'cookies & other site data' AND cache, and then it worked. I tried just cache earlier with no luck.

[Andrea Celin]

@bergie3000 this solved my issue as well. Clearing app data (from Development Tools) indeed it's not enough. A delete files and images since the start of times, solved the issue.

[Andrew Kirna]

The key for me was to Clear Browsing History > Advanced > Check "Cached Images and Files", then Clear Data for "All time" AND delete all "Cookies and site data" for that domain.

[GabrielOshiro]

I think you're getting downvotes because of your shortcut. Because cleaning cache worked for me

[Nick Crews]

This worked for me on Google Sheets, when I was stuck with a Still working... banner on any sheet that I opened.

[Peter Jaffe]

Widgets in a custom Business Intelligence web app weren't rendering for me under "normal" Chrome, but they were under Incognito and other browsers. Clearing cookies/cache/site data did not change the behavior, but disabling the LastPass extension did. So thanks for the suggestion! Unfortunately that extension is quite useful, so next on my list is to figure out if there is some other solution.

[MichaelE]

Thank you, that was it. Google Translate directly in Chrome. It was the detecting the site(s) in Danish vs English, which seems be a new common problem, and selecting this site is not Danish does nothing, but saying never translate this site finally fixed it.

[Eric Aya]

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