Fixed automated consent being overridden by existing cookie consent (#7281)

Co-authored-by: greptile-apps[bot] <165735046+greptile-apps[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: gilluminate

clients/fides-js/src/lib/automated-consent.ts

@@ -143,13 +143,22 @@ export const calculateAutomatedConsent = (
     let consentMethod: ConsentMethod = ConsentMethod.SCRIPT;
     // Determine consent method based on priority (highest to lowest)
     if (migratedConsentApplied && migrationMethod) {
-      fidesDebugger("Calculated automated consent from migrated provider");
+      fidesDebugger(
+        "Calculated automated consent from migrated provider",
+        noticeConsentToSave,
+      );
       consentMethod = migrationMethod;
     } else if (noticeConsentApplied) {
-      fidesDebugger("Calculated automated consent from Notice Consent string");
+      fidesDebugger(
+        "Calculated automated consent from Notice Consent string",
+        noticeConsentToSave,
+      );
       consentMethod = ConsentMethod.SCRIPT;
     } else if (gpcApplied) {
-      fidesDebugger("Calculated automated consent from GPC");
+      fidesDebugger(
+        "Calculated automated consent from GPC",
+        noticeConsentToSave,
+      );
       consentMethod = ConsentMethod.GPC;
     }
 

clients/fides-js/src/lib/initialize.ts

@@ -298,7 +298,8 @@ export const initialize = async ({
       );
 
       /**
-       * Apply calculated automated consent to experience defaults BEFORE updating cookie
+      /**
+       * Apply calculated automated consent to experience defaults and save to browser cookie
        */
       if (automatedApplied && fides.experience.privacy_notices) {
         // Update experience privacy_notices with calculated automated consent
@@ -319,6 +320,22 @@ export const initialize = async ({
           },
         );
         fidesDebugger("Applied automated consent to experience defaults");
+
+        // save the cookie to the browser prior to updating the experience
+        Object.assign(fides.cookie.fides_meta, {
+          consentMethod: automatedMethod,
+        });
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
+        fides.cookie = {
+          ...fides.cookie,
+          consent: automatedNoticeConsent,
+        };
+        await saveFidesCookie(fides.cookie, options);
+
+        fidesDebugger(
+          "Saved automated consent to browser cookie",
+          fides.cookie,
+        );
       }
 
       /**
@@ -376,20 +393,6 @@ export const initialize = async ({
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
       fides.cookie = updatedCookie;
 
-      // If automated consent was applied, save the cookie to the browser
-      if (automatedApplied) {
-        // Set the consentMethod on fides_meta before saving
-        Object.assign(fides.cookie.fides_meta, {
-          consentMethod: automatedMethod,
-        });
-
-        await saveFidesCookie(fides.cookie, options);
-        fidesDebugger(
-          "Saved automated consent to browser cookie",
-          fides.cookie,
-        );
-      }
-
       // Initialize the i18n singleton before we render the overlay
       const i18n = setupI18n();
       initializeI18n(