1156335 - Infinite "Launch Dialog" loop

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 167320

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[konstantin.welke]

How to reproduce:

* Provoke a "Launch Application" dialog, e.g. by entering "ssh://" in the URL bar (Mac OS X) or "xboxgames://" (Windows 8+)
* On the launch dialog, select "Choose an application" and select the Firefox application (Mac OS X) or firefox.exe (Windows)
* A new firefox tab will open, trying to open the same url, thus provoking the same launch dialog
* As long as you click "OK" on each dialog, this repeats infinitely
* For added fun, check "Remember my choice" to automate the process. *This will open dialogs very fast until you close Firefox* Sometimes this will continue even after quitting Firefox (if a Firefox is in the process of starting)

Expected behaviour:

* Firefox should not be respect the "remember my choice" flag when being started with a custom scheme URL.
* Web pages should still be able to open native applications using custom url schemes (this is a legitimate use case) and in these cases "remember my choice" should work.

Remarks:

Note that the fix should be independent of how the original link is created, i.e. whether the url is typed into the address bar or set by a web page (by an iframe or setting document.location). The address bar is just the easiest way to write a "how to reproduce".

Comment 1

[theoneandonlykosta]

What can I do to get this fixed? I know it's an edge case but this affects some of our customers and is really bad UX.