1088096 - Exception... "Unexpected error" nsresult: "0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)" when accessing unsafeWindow from content script in latest nightly build

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1086979

(Add-on SDK Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[uFFFD]

Using addon sdk 1.17 from https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/labs/jetpack/jetpack-sdk-latest.zip


Steps to reproduce:

1. md testunsafewindow
2. cd testunsafewindow
3. cfx init
4. using the example code on this page: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Guides/Content_Scripts/Interacting_with_page_scripts#Access_objects_defined_by_page_scripts
5. cfx run -b /path/to/nightly


Actual results:

console.error: testunsafewindow:
  Message: [Exception... "Unexpected error"  nsresult: "0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)"  location: "JS frame :: resource://gre/modules/addons/XPIProvider.jsm -> jar:file:///path/to/profile/extensions/[e-mail]!/bootstrap.js -> resource://gre/modules/commonjs/toolkit/loader.js -> resource://gre/modules/commonjs/sdk/content/sandbox.js line 164 > Function :: anonymous :: line 1"  data: no]
  Stack:
    anonymous@resource://gre/modules/addons/XPIProvider.jsm -> jar:file:///path/to/profile/extensions/[e-mail]!/bootstrap.js -> resource://gre/modules/commonjs/toolkit/loader.js -> resource://gre/modules/commonjs/sdk/content/sandbox.js line 164 > Function:1:0@javascript:console.log(unsafeWindow.foo);:1:0


Expected results:

console.log: testunsafewindow: hello from page script


Last good build was 20141020030200
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/2014-10-20-03-02-00-mozilla-central/

broken since 20141021030208
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/2014-10-21-03-02-08-mozilla-central/

Comment 1

[Tomislav Jovanovic :zombie]

this looks like a dupe of bug 1086979, reopen if you disagree/that doesn't fix it..