\Magento\Persistent\Observer\SynchronizePersistentInfoObserver is subscribed on the absent event «controller_front_send_response_after», and so it is never called

https://github.com/magento/magento2/blob/2.0.0/app/code/Magento/Persistent/etc/frontend/events.xml#L15-L17

See: Incosistency: the event «controller_front_send_response_after» is removed from Magento 2, but the event «controller_front_send_response_before» is left.

https://github.com/magento/magento2/issues/2693