This is obviously related to #15434 and is the actual problem source.
There appears to be a fix for this issue, but has not been released yet. Let's just wait for it.
@xpoback This solution Fix works for Secure domain only.
@sanganinamrata Since it is strongly _not_ recommended to use Magento and especially the checkout with unsecure urls, the issue can be considered as an acceptable negative side effect of such use and will not affect the majority of systems. Well, at least not the ones I have to work with.
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There appears to be a fix for this issue, but has not been released yet. Let's just wait for it.