1100597 - Green star icon that shows when new version is available after browser restart is only shown in first browser window

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Menus, defect)

Description

[Frederik Braun [:freddy]]

When a new version is avialable, the hamburger icon shows a green icon with a star in it, to emphasize that I can get a new version by restarting the browser.


This green update/restart icon only shows in the main window.


STR:
1) Open Firefox, create a new window (e.g. CTRL+N)
2) Wait for an automated update to be downloaded and prepared in the background or trigger through Help/About
3) The icon shows only in the first window

Comment 1

[:Gijs (he/him)]

Matteo, can you investigate?

Comment 2

[Matteo Ferretti [:zer0] [:matteo]]

Frederik, do you know in which version of Firefox is happening?

I tried to reproduce the issue emitting the notification we observe, and the star is displayed in all windows currently open; but it works as expected. You can maybe try that too:

1) Open Firefox, create a new window
2) Open scratchpad, set browser as environment, paste the following code and execute it:

Services.obs.notifyObservers(null, "update-staged", "pending");

3) The icon shows in both windows.

Notice that if now you open a new window, after the notification was emitted, the icon won't be displayed there. But I believe this is another bug – that I'm going to file right now.

Comment 3

[Frederik Braun [:freddy]]

I observed this on Aurora, which was version 35 at the time I filed this bug.

Though it might as well be that my description was incorrect. But what I did observe for sure is that the icon didn't show in all of my windows.

Feel free to repurpose this bug or file a new one. In any case I'd like to be kept in the loop (so feel free to CC me).

Comment 4

[Johan C]

Is this a dupe of bug 1107738? Matteo filed bug 1107738 after commenting here so maybe I am misinterpreting this bug.

Considering the bug appears to be intermittent, could it be assumed that this is an async/timing issue that could be fixed in 1107738?

Comment 5

[Frederik Braun [:freddy]]

Let's just go with bug 1107738.