1088444 - [Browser] Opening a link in a new tab causes a white screen and ultimately causing the app to quit

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox OS Graveyard :: Gaia::Browser, defect)

Description

[Fred Muyumba [:FredM]]

Attachment: logcat_20141023_1723.txt

Description:
In the browser when you tap on "Open link in new tab", a white screen appears and then the app quits
   
Repro Steps:
1) Update a Flame device to BuildID: 20141023040204
2) Open "Browser" app
3) Long tap on any link
4) Tap on "Open link in new tab"
5) Observe what happens next
  
Actual:
A white screen appears and the app quits
  
Expected: 
Link opens up in a new tab
  
Environmental Variables:
Device: Flame 2.1 (319mb)(Kitkat Base)(Full Flash)
BuildID: 20141023001201
Gaia: 1e48e3e40e0780c0cd07a3457e5fe2efeeb542d1
Gecko: 09fb60a37850
Gonk: 05aa7b98d3f891b334031dc710d48d0d6b82ec1d
Version: 34.0 
Firmware: V188
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Mobile; rv:34.0) Gecko/34.0 Firefox/34.0
  
Repro frequency: 100%
See attached: video clip & logcat: http://youtu.be/Y7fanQ6g6FU

Comment 1

[Fred Muyumba [:FredM]]

This issue does NOT repro on Flame 2.2 Master (319mb)(Kitkat Base)(Full Flash) and  Flame 2.0 (319mb)(Kitkat Base)
(Full Flash)

Result: Opening a link in a new tab does NOT cause a white screen 

Environmental Variables:
Device: Flame 2.2 Master (319mb)(Kitkat Base)(Full Flash)
BuildID: 20141023040204
Gaia: 27a1d1baaa8e375b70e043efee67d5f2206c330b
Gecko: 88adcf8fef83
Gonk: 05aa7b98d3f891b334031dc710d48d0d6b82ec1d
Version: 36.0a1 
Firmware: V188
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Mobile; rv:36.0) Gecko/36.0 Firefox/36

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Environmental Variables:
Device: Flame 2.0 (319mb)(Kitkat Base)(Full Flash)
Build ID: 20141023001201
Gaia: 1e48e3e40e0780c0cd07a3457e5fe2efeeb542d1
Gecko: 09fb60a37850
Version: 34.0 
Firmware Version: v188
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Mobile; rv:34.0) Gecko/34.0 Firefox/34.0

Comment 2

[Tony Chung [:tchung]]

[Blocking Requested - why for this release]:

video shows this is busted functionality.   qawanted for a regression window.  :benfrancis, any idea?

Comment 3

[Pi Wei Cheng [:piwei] (inactive)]

I'm unable to reproduce this bug on the reported build. Repro rate is 0/10.
I've also consulted with the reporter and he confirms that the issue is not repro'ing.

Tested on:
Device: Flame 2.1 (full flash, 319MB mem)
BuildID: 20141023001201
Gaia: 1e48e3e40e0780c0cd07a3457e5fe2efeeb542d1
Gecko: 09fb60a37850
Gonk: 05aa7b98d3f891b334031dc710d48d0d6b82ec1d
Version: 34.0 (2.1)
Firmware: V188
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Mobile; rv:34.0) Gecko/34.0 Firefox/34.0

Comment 4

[Joshua Mitchell (Inactive)]

I'm also not seeing this - resolving WFM - please reopening if this shows back up