I think that the sometimes factor is actually whether the profile is currently logged into Google Services. If I log out of Google and do the search, I get the client string. If I log back in, when I search again, there is no string.
-- 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/1393902 Title: GOOG search credit flag isn't always in search queries Status in “chromium-browser” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: We expect "client=ubuntu" or "client=browser-ubuntu" in every GOOG search query URL. It isn't in every search, but is in some. The user-profile's age (probably in versions, not time) seems to be a factor, or whether one is logged-in to Google for sync seems to be a factor too. data: who: (ntpf|loc) New Tab Page Form or Location L=logged in too G Apps N=profile created with this version (nn) = version "client=value" cm: ntpf N (37.0.2062.94=utopicrel) "client=ubuntu-browser" cm: loc N (37.0.2062.94=utopicrel) "client=ubuntu-browser" cm: ntpf LN (37.0.2062.94=utopicrel) "client=ubuntu-browser" cm: loc LN (37.0.2062.94=utopicrel) "client=ubuntu-browser" cm: ntpf N (34.0.1847.116=trustyrel) "client=ubuntu-browser" cm: loc N (34.0.1847.116=trustyrel) "client=ubuntu-browser" cm: ntpf LN (38.0.2125.111) "client=ubuntu-browser" cm: ntpf N (38.0.2125.111) "client=ubuntu-browser" cm: ntpf L (38.0.2125.111) "client=ubuntu-browser" cm: ntpf (38.0.2125.111) "client=ubuntu-browser" cm: loc LN (38.0.2125.111) "client=ubuntu-browser" cm: loc N (38.0.2125.111) "client=ubuntu-browser" cm: loc L (38.0.2125.111) "client=ubuntu-browser" cm: loc (38.0.2125.111) "client=ubuntu-browser" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1393902/+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
