Closed Bug 1217879 Opened 9 years ago Closed 9 years ago

WebExtensions crash about:support

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Version:
44 Branch
Platform:
All
Unspecified
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1218364
Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
firefox44 --- affected

People

(Reporter: andy+bugzilla, Unassigned)

References

Details

Crash Data

STR:
* add in a Web Extensions add-on into about:addons, for example https://github.com/bwinton/catgif-extension
* go to about:support
* Firefox crashes

AbortMessage: [75664] ###!!! ABORT: Invalid backend: file /builds/slave/m-cen-m64-ntly-000000000000000/build/src/gfx/layers/client/ClientLayerManager.cpp, line 776
Can you look in about:crashes for a crash stack?
(In reply to Bill McCloskey (:billm) from comment #1)
> Can you look in about:crashes for a crash stack?

https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/d6f358dd-f2ac-4775-91ea-5f73b2151023
It looks like this is happening here:

https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/toolkit/modules/Troubleshoot.jsm#315

when the loop gets to one of our background windows.
Crash Signature: [@ mozalloc_abort | Abort | NS_DebugBreak | nsDOMWindowUtils::GetLayerManagerType]
Duping to 1218364 since Luca already has a patch in the works.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 9 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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