1067837 - Firefox freezes when enabling flash player on web-pages with desktop UI, on 4.4 KitKat

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Plugins, defect, P5)

Description

[u421692]

Attachment: flash_kitkat logs

Environment:
Device: Sony Xperia Z2(Android 4.4.2)
Build: Firefox 27 Release

Steps to reproduce:
Enable "Request Desktop Site" if testing on phone
1. Go to cnn.com
2. Tap to activate plugins
3. Continue browsing

Expected result:
User can continue browsing without any issues

Actual result:
Firefox freezes and eventually becomes unresponsive.
There is no way to use Firefox until you restart the app.

Note: This has been around since Firefox 27 since Flash was enabled on Android 4.4 (see bug 935676). The issue does not reproduce on sites with mobile UI's, and did not able to reproduce on youtube.

Comment 2

[u421692]

Also reproducible on Samsung Galaxy S5(Android 4.4.2). From what I see bug 1025090 it's a completely different thing.

Comment 3

[Brad Lassey [:blassey] (use needinfo?)]

filter on [mass-p5]

Comment 4

[Jan Henning [:JanH]]

Flash is going away (bug 1381916), so there's no point in pursuing this further.