STR: 1. Visit my local library 2. Connect to the open WiFi network 3. Open Firefox and try to reach the captive-portal, e.g. by visiting a HTTP site like http://example.org/ to trigger the captive-portal redirector. ACTUAL RESULTS: I see a redirector page from the captive portal that says "Please wait...", but I never make it off of that page. As a result, I'm unable to connect to WiFi (unless I switch browsers). EXPECTED RESULTS: Should have successfully redirected. Network DevTools show that there was a failed `GET` request to this URL ``` http://198.18.32.1/reg.php?ah_goal=rwc_eula.html&ah_login=true&url=E2B8F3578D88E9B73A87F85782920F97D02C50 ``` In the "Transferred" column, it shows the reason for failure: ``` NS_ERROR_LOCAL_NETWORK_ACCESS_DENIED ``` I get ACTUAL RESULTS in a fresh profile with current Nightly. I get EXPECTED RESULTS from Chrome and from Firefox release 136.0.2 (which happened to be the release version I had handy on this machine). So this is a regression with respect to that release. Searching searchfox for the error code, I suspect this is related to the LNA aka "local network access" feature.
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STR: 1. Visit my local library 2. Connect to the open WiFi network 3. Open Firefox and try to reach the captive-portal, e.g. by visiting a HTTP site like http://example.org/ to trigger the captive-portal redirector. ACTUAL RESULTS: I see a redirector page from the captive portal that says "Please wait...", but I never make it off of that page. As a result, I'm unable to connect to WiFi (unless I switch browsers). [EDIT: In recent Nightlies, I also get a prompt that I can click through, but the prompt is about letting the site access my device, which doesn't seem right] EXPECTED RESULTS: Should have successfully redirected. [EDIT: Or, we should have shown a prompt that's more-clearly-relevant for this redirect/captive-portal situation.] Network DevTools show that there was a failed `GET` request to this URL ``` http://198.18.32.1/reg.php?ah_goal=rwc_eula.html&ah_login=true&url=E2B8F3578D88E9B73A87F85782920F97D02C50 ``` In the "Transferred" column, it shows the reason for failure: ``` NS_ERROR_LOCAL_NETWORK_ACCESS_DENIED ``` I get ACTUAL RESULTS in a fresh profile with current Nightly. I get EXPECTED RESULTS from Chrome and from Firefox release 136.0.2 (which happened to be the release version I had handy on this machine). So this is a regression with respect to that release. Searching searchfox for the error code, I suspect this is related to the LNA aka "local network access" feature.