Bug 1679688 changed some internals so that the tab's url, title and favIconUrl of various APIs are shown if the extension has host permissions, instead of only when the extension has the "tabs" permission (or activeTab). The tab descriptors returned by the `sessions` API have `url`, `title` and `favIconUrl` properties too, but these still require the `"tabs"` permission. For consistency with the rest of the extension API, we can also consider exposing details of the tab when the extension has host permissions. Fixing this bug is not difficult: - Replace the check at https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/927e525f481a93a8f63d27a78ae6201e42b1b1fb/browser/components/extensions/parent/ext-browser.js#956 (see the linked bug for examples) - Add a unit test that verifies that the properties are present without the "tabs" permissions, at https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/927e525f481a93a8f63d27a78ae6201e42b1b1fb/browser/components/extensions/test/browser/browser_ext_sessions_getRecentlyClosed_tabs.js Once this bug is fixed, we should update the documentation at: - https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/c1a1777e56efd9f3bcec94befc2507506154408d/files/en-us/mozilla/add-ons/webextensions/api/windows/window/index.html#L46
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Bug 1679688 changed some internals so that the tab's url, title and favIconUrl of various APIs are shown if the extension has host permissions, instead of only when the extension has the "tabs" permission (or activeTab). The tab descriptors returned by the `sessions` API have `url`, `title` and `favIconUrl` properties too, but these still require the `"tabs"` permission. For consistency with the rest of the extension API, we can also consider exposing details of the tab when the extension has host permissions. Fixing this bug is not difficult: - Replace the check at https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/927e525f481a93a8f63d27a78ae6201e42b1b1fb/browser/components/extensions/parent/ext-browser.js#956 (see the linked bug for examples) - Add a unit test that verifies that the properties are present without the "tabs" permissions, at https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/927e525f481a93a8f63d27a78ae6201e42b1b1fb/browser/components/extensions/test/browser/browser_ext_sessions_getRecentlyClosed_tabs.js Once this bug is fixed, we should update the documentation at: - https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/c1a1777e56efd9f3bcec94befc2507506154408d/files/en-us/mozilla/add-ons/webextensions/api/windows/window/index.html#L46 - this page is rendered at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/sessions/Session#type