Closed Bug 1101503 Opened 10 years ago Closed 10 months ago

[e10s] Blank page when setting incorrect "about:x" as homepage

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
e10s - ---

People

(Reporter: FlorinMezei, Unassigned)

References

Details

Reproducible with Latest Firefox 36 Nightly - BuildID: 20141118144012

Environment: Windows 7 x64, Ubuntu 14.04 x64, Mac OS X 10.9.5

Steps to reproduce:
1. Set an incorrect "about:x" as homepage (e.g. "about:suppor").
2. Make sure e10s is active.
3. Restart browser.

Expected results:
"The address isn't valid" error page displays, and the incorrect "about:x" displays in the location bar, so the user can identify the mistake. This is the behavior with e10s disabled.

Actual results:
Firefox restarts with a blank page opened.

This is a follow up from bug 1099857, but not a regression of it, since it was reproducing before this was fixed.
Also with default settings opening a window or loading about:home manually loads the "The address isn't valid" error page.
Severity: minor → S4

Unable to reproduce. I set about:pagedoesnotexist as homepage then restarted Firefox. The "Hmm. That address doesn’t look right." error page does appear as expected.

Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 10 months ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
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