1158067 - Add-ons installed from about:addons search list does not follow the New UI Install flow

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect, P3)

Description

[Vasilica Tamas, QA [:vtamas]]

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Reproducible on: Firefox 40.0a1 across all platforms

STR
1.Launch Firefox with clean profile.
2.Go to about:addons.
3.Search for an add-on (e.g NoScript Lite) using the search bar displayed in the top right corner of the page.
4.Choose one item from the list and click “Install” button.

ER
The add-ons are installed according with the New UI Install flow.
( https://bug1120996.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=8592908 )

AR
The add-ons install process does not respect the New UI Install flow. No doorhangers are displayed and the add-ons are not verified.

Additional notes:
- This issue is reproducible on Firefox 40.0a1 (2015-04-23) using Windows 7 64-bit, Ubuntu 14.04 32-bit and Mac OS X 10.9.5.
- No errors are thrown in Browser Console.
- I am attaching a video recorded on Windows 7 x64 where I captured this issue.

Comment 1

[Vasilica Tamas, QA [:vtamas]]

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- This issue is *not* reproducible for add-ons that are installed from Up&Coming list (from about:addons)
- I am attaching a second video with the same add-on installed from Up&Coming list.

Comment 2

[Andrew Swan [:aswan]]

Bug 1263313 makes this obsolete