1205011 - Make FxAccountsWebChannel.jsm react to changing fxa-content-server prefs

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Nick Alexander :nalexander [he/him]]

On day one, the code from Bug 1191064 won't handle changing the fxa-content-server prefs.  That freezes out self-hosters.  This ticket tracks listening for Gecko pref changes and updating the WebChannel binding; and possibly killing about:accounts tabs that might be in-flight and suddenly not have a WebChannel backing them.

Comment 1

[Nick Alexander :nalexander [he/him]]

vivek: this might be interesting.  Use a pref watcher (like at https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/mobile/android/chrome/content/SelectionHandler.js#108) to observe the relevant pref, and tear-down and re-initialize the WebChannel registration when necessary.

Comment 2

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