1176736 - http changed to https, requires exception to be created to visit sites

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Untriaged, defect)

Description

[Don Storm]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; .NET4.0C; Tablet PC 2.0; .NET4.0E; InfoPath.3)

Steps to reproduce:

Upgraded to latest MAC version.


Actual results:

Now when address is typed into address bar or taken from favorites all url's are changed to https instead of http and security warning comes up which requires that an exception be created.


Expected results:

http URL's should stay and the page should be displayed as normal.

Comment 1

[[:Towkir] Ahmed]

Please describe the Steps to Reproduce clearly, what is the actual problem. http changed into https, 
can you not visit sites properly ??

Suggesting Summary update

Comment 2

[Andre Klapper]

Hi Donald, 
unfortunately this report is not very useful because it does not describe the problem well. If you have time and can still reproduce the problem, please read https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/QA/Bug_writing_guidelines and add a more useful description to this report.

Comment 3

[Loic]

In addition, try the basic troubleshooting steps:
1) sefa mode: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode
2) fresh profile: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode

Comment 4

[Loic]

EDIT:
2) fresh profile: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles

Comment 5

[Don Storm]

Running in safe mode does not fix the issue. Many sites in my bookmarks do not have an https address and must be accessed with http. Also even on sites which do support https and have a valid certificate, Firefox still posts a warning for an untrusted site. This did not happen in Version 30, but started with version 30.0.5

Comment 6

[Loic]

Reporter, is it still stil an issue for you?

Be sure the web protection of your antivirus doesn't block HTTPS websites, it's a common issue with Avast eg.

Comment 7

[Patrick McManus [:mcmanus]]

please try a fresh profile

if it persists, please add an http log https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Debugging/HTTP_logging

Comment 8

[Andre Klapper]

@"Justin - QA": As long as nobody knows whether it's still an issue, what's causing the issue, and how to track it down, moving from "Untriaged → Networking" and "Firefox → Core" feels premature. Hence I'm reverting your action.

Comment 9

[Justin [:JW_SoftvisionQA]]

Closing this issue due to lack of response from the reporter.