285215 - Extensions using web services do not appear to handle proxy authentification

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Julian Calaby]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

Extensions, (specifically the Gmail Notifier) do not appear to handle proxy
authentification.

I am not sure whether this is the fault of the extension author(s) or of Mozilla
in general. This bug has been submitted to the author of this extension also.
(Doron Rosenberg [e-mail])

There is no simple workaround for this bug. (it still fails when you attempt to
log in after authentificating to the proxy)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download and install the gmail notifier from
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/extensions/gmail%20notifier/gmail_notifier-0.4-fx+mz.xpi
2. Set it to automatically log in to your gmail account on startup (if you need
a gmail account, I can provide you with an invite)
3. Start Mozilla while it is set to load pages through a proxy that requires
authentification.

Actual Results:  
the notifier, whilst working correctly when directly connected to the internet,
failed to retrieve the account status.

Expected Results:  
1. On startup, when the gmail notifier attempts to contact gmail, the standard
proxy authentification dialog appears asking me for a username and password.
2. After typing in my username and password, gmail notifier downloads the
required information for my account status.

Please note that I have only tested this with PORTABLE FIREFOX.

I am currently unable to test it with any other version due to an internet
shortage. (However I will test it with other versions when I do have internet)

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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