1161048 - Bookmarks with about:reader locations are not shown at all in the "Most Visited" smart folder

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect, P5)

Description

[Andrei Vaida [:avaida]]

Reproducible on:
Nightly 40.0a1 (2015-05-03), Aurora 39.0a2 (2015-05-04), RC2 38.0 (20150503173159)

Affected platforms:
Windows 7 (x64), Ubuntu 14.04 (x64), Mac OS X 10.9.5

Steps to reproduce:
1. Launch Firefox with a clean profile.
2. Enable the Bookmarks Sidebar via [ctrl] / [cmd] + [b].
3. Expand "Bookmarks Toolbar" → expand "Most Visited".
4. Expand "Bookmarks Menu" → expand "Recently Bookmarked".
5. Open a Reader View compatible page, e.g. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32574769
6. Click the "Enter Reader View" button from the Location Bar → bookmark the page by clicking the star button [☆] from the toolbar.
7. From the Bookmarks Sidebar: Recently Bookmarked, click the bookmark until it's displayed at the top of the "Most Visited" list.

Expected result:
After a few clicks, the bookmarked Reader View page is displayed at the top of the "Most Visited" list.

Actual result:
Bookmarked Reader View pages, having about:reader?url=<link_to_page> as locations, are not displayed at all in the "Most Visited" folder.

Comment 1

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

history doesn't store about: pages at all, not sure what we're expected to do for reader.

Comment 2

[Dana Lucaci, Desktop QA]

This issue is not reproducible anymore using the latest Firefox 123.0 build on macOS 12 ARM, Win 10 and Ubuntu 22. I'm closing it as WFM.