1059326 - Social apps disappear sometimes after crashing Firefox

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox Graveyard :: SocialAPI, defect)

Description

[[SV Manager] Florin Mezei, QA (:FlorinMezei)]

Reproduced on Firefox 32 RC - BuildID: 20140825202822.

Environment: Windows Vista x64, Mac OS X 10.8.5.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Start Firefox with a new profile.
2. Open about:config and set social.directories pref to include https://activations-dev.allizom.org.
3. Load https://activations-dev.allizom.org.
4. Activate a Social App (e.g. Gmail) 
5. Use the app for 1 min. 
6. Install the "crashme" addon and use it to crash Firefox. 
7. In the crash reporter choose to restart Firefox. 

Expected results: 
When Firefox restarts the Social app still shows and is still functional.

Actual results:
When Firefox restarts the Social app no longer shows (about:addons does not display it). See http://www.screencast.com/t/jfBXQzUaeizt.

Notes:
- repeat by adding other Apps if issue does not show on the first attempt... after 2-3 tries the last added Social App disappears altogether (about:addons does not display it).

Comment 1

[Shane Caraveo (:mixedpuppy)]

This is not specific to socialapi.  many things in firefox that happen during a session are lost of there is a session crash.

Comment 2

[Mark Hammond [:markh] [:mhammond]]

IS this just a matter of calling SavePrefFile() after provider activation?  If so, that might be worth exploring...