---
title: "Feature: #88950 - Add \"storeSession\" argument to Widget ViewHelpers"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:feature-88950"
source: "Changelog/10.2/Feature-88950-AddStoreSessionArgumentToWidgetViewHelpers.rst"
typo3-version: "10.2"
typo3-major: 10
type: "feature"
issue: 88950
forge: "https://forge.typo3.org/issues/88950"
tags: ["Fluid", "ext:fluid"]
rendered: "2026-09-30T14:01:38+00:00"
---

# Feature: #88950 - Add "storeSession" argument to Widget ViewHelpers {#feature-88950}

See [forge#88950](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/88950)

## Description {#description}

Widget ViewHelpers, by default, can store the widgets session in the database by utilizing a cookie.
In frontend context this would automatically create a `fe_typo_user` cookie when,
for instance, the `<f:widget.autocomplete>` ViewHelper is used.

As this is not always a desired behaviour (gdpr),
a boolean argument `storeSession` has been added to `\TYPO3\CMS\Fluid\Core\Widget\AbstractWidgetViewHelper`,
which defaults to true and can be used to disable session storage for this ViewHelper.

This will automatically create a `fe_typo_user` cookie in the frontend:

```html
<f:widget.autocomplete for="name" objects="{posts}" searchProperty="author" />
```

This will not create a cookie in frontend:

```html
<f:widget.autocomplete for="name" objects="{posts}" searchProperty="author" storeSession="false" />
```

## Impact {#impact}

The default value of the property `storeSession` is set to `true`,
so no changes need to be done in existing implementations of Widget ViewHelpers.