Open Bug 1128191 Opened 10 years ago Updated 9 months ago

Import/restore bookmarks JSON fails silently (e.g. due to permissions error)

Categories

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, enhancement, P3)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Bookmarks & History
Version:
31 Branch
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
enhancement

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People

(Reporter: mozilla, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/31.0 Build ID: 20150105205548 Steps to reproduce: Attempt to import a .json bookmark backup file. File had incorrect permissions, not allowing the user instance to access the file. Actual results: Nothing. Silent failure Expected results: Expected either successful import or a failure indicated with a clue towards resolution.
Severity: normal → minor
OS: Windows 7 → Linux
Hardware: x86_64 → x86
Component: Untriaged → Bookmarks & History
where was the backup stored? Why did it have wrong permissions?
The backup was scp'd from a Windows Cygwin client to the user's home directory, the file is left with 000. A "feature" to complain about elsewhere. This does not materially affect the issue which is a silent failure on read failure.
yes, we could probably notify a failure through a dialog. I'm confirming as enh. it's something that should undergo investigation by ux first.
Severity: minor → enhancement
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Summary: Import/restore bookmarks JSON fails silently → Import/restore bookmarks JSON fails silently (e.g. due to permissions error)
Priority: -- → P3
Severity: normal → S3
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