Multi-session cookie swap

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, in association with a tab of a web browser executing on the computing device, website data associated with a website from a server, wherein the website data includes a cookie swapper;
• storing, based on the cookie swapper, and in a tab storage location associated with the tab of the web browser, a session cookie for a user session between the web browser and the website, wherein the user session is associated with the tab;
• determining, based on the cookie swapper, an occurrence of an event associated with the website and the tab;
• copying, based on the cookie swapper and at least in part in response to determining the occurrence of the event, the session cookie from the tab storage location to a global storage location of the web browser;
• sending a request to the server associated with the website, wherein the request includes the session cookie copied to the global storage location;
• and
• deactivating, based on the cookie swapper, the session cookie in the global storage location in response to sending the request.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• sending, by a web browser, a first request to a server to load a first instance of a web site in a first tab of the web browser;
• receiving, by the web browser in response to the first request, first web site data from the server that includes:
• a first session cookie associated with a first user session with the website;
• and
• a first cookie swapper associated with the first tab;
• moving, by the web browser based on the first cookie swapper, the first session cookie from a global storage location of the web browser to a first tab storage location associated with the first tab;
• sending, by the web browser, a second request to the server to load a second instance of the website in a second tab of the web browser;
• receiving, by the web browser in response to the second request, second web site data from the server that includes:
• a second session cookie associated with a second user session with the website;
• and
• a second cookie swapper associated with the second tab;
• moving, by the web browser based on the second cookie swapper, the second session cookie from the global storage location to a second tab storage location associated with the second tab;
• determining, by the web browser based on the first cookie swapper, an occurrence of an event associated with the website and the first tab that prompts a third request to the server;
• copying, by the web browser, based on the first cookie swapper and at least in part in response to determining the occurrence of the event, the first session cookie to the global storage location from the first tab storage location;
• and
• sending, by the web browser, the third request to the server in association with the first tab, the third request including the first session cookie based on the first session cookie being moved to the global storage location.