1417167 - Password Manager pop-up appears for every single page while reading PDF

Status: RESOLVED INACTIVE

(Firefox :: PDF Viewer, defect)

Description

[Javi Rueda :javirid]

Steps to reproduce
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1. Open a link containing a PDF file. (I used https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/files/2017/09/tracking-protection-test.pdf)

2. A popup appears asking permission to save a password. Username is 1.

3. Close it. I clicked in "Don't save"

4. Keep reading.

5. Whenever a new page appears, it keeps repeating from step 2. (Username field is updated to the page number)

What was expected
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No password saving pop up should appear

That was first seen after updating from Firefox 56.0.3 to 57.0 in macOS 10.13.1.

Comment 1

[Brendan Dahl [:bdahl]]

I just tried the above linked PDF and I don't see any password prompts. Has the PDF changed?

Comment 2

[Javi Rueda :javirid]

Maybe. I have just re-tested it and it is now not showing the pop-up. Yesterday there were also no pop-up in some other PDF in a different website not related to Mozilla.

I would keep this as opened for some days just in case it happens to me again.

Comment 3

[davidpaulhunt]

I'm having the same issue.

It occurs when the PDF can only be viewed when logged into its host.

For example, when working on this PDF from my school (which I have to login into), the prompt appears on every page.

I took a screenshot of the behavior: https://cl.ly/3i162w0C3d3G

Comment 5

[Sam Tobin-Hochstadt [:samth]]

This happens consistently in https://arxiv.org/pdf/1712.01485.pdf as reported in 1424716.

Comment 6

[Brendan Dahl [:bdahl]]

Are you still having this issue? I have yet to reproduce it.

Comment 7

[Javi Rueda :javirid]

I am nto willing to participate in this project and I have also uninstalled it from my computer so I am unable to help here.