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Signed-off-by: Julien Pivotto <roidelapluie@inuits.eu>
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## Browser local storage

Prometheus and Alertmanager store data in the local storage. The history of the
queries made using the Prometheus web UI, and the creator of a silence in
Alertmanager are save locally, amongst other data.
Prometheus and Alertmanager web interfaces store data in the local storage of
the web browser. The history of the queries made using the Prometheus web UI,

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the web browser. The history of the queries made using the Prometheus web UI,
the web browser. The history of the queries made using the Prometheus web UI

and the creator of a silence in Alertmanager are save locally, amongst other

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and the creator of a silence in Alertmanager are save locally, amongst other
and the creator of a silence in Alertmanager are saved locally, amongst other

data.

We expect that no secrets are entered into those fields and that browser

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Isn't this already implied by the above section on secrets?

sessions are not shared between users. If the same browser is accessed by
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