1248956 - "NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE: Invalid arguments" error while selecting recently bookmarked folder from Library

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect, P3)

Description

[Vasilica Tamas, QA [:vtamas]]

[Affected versions]:
Firefox 44.0.2
Firefox 45 Beta 6 
Firefox 46.0a2 (2016-02-16)
Firefox 47.0a1 (2016-02-16)

[Affected platforms]:
Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit
Mac 10.10.5
Windows 10 32-bit

[Steps to reproduce]:
1.Launch Firefox with clean profile.
2.Bookmark a webpage.
3.From the toolbar, click the Bookmarks Menu button.
4.Select "Show All Bookmarks".
5.Expand the "Bookmarks Menu" entry and click "Recently Bookmarked" or "Recent Tags".
6.Check the browser console.

[Expected Results]:
There are no errors thrown in Browser Console.


[Actual Results]:
The following error is thrown in Browser console while clicking on “Recently Bookmarked” and “Recent Tags” folders:
NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE: Invalid arguments nsLivemarkService.js:299:0
 

[Additional notes]:
Running the above steps in Firefox 32.0a1 (2014-06-01) appears another error in Browser Console “uncaught exception: 2147942487”.

Comment 1

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

it's a call to getLivemark(), likely coming from browser/components/places/content/treeView.js

Should be debugged to get a proper js stack

Comment 2

[Vasilica Tamas, QA [:vtamas]]

This error is thrown as "NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE: Invalid arguments" format since Firefox 40.0a1 from 2015-04-28.

So, I suspect that this error is caused by Bug 1094900 (https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/pushloghtml?fromchange=5fa88d413c4f6154cf10eb4a99a4a5d66e03e544&tochange=ad388474898c9ce2d288dc9b802ef6dec86088b0)

Comment 3

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

This WFM on a fresh profile, I suspect we solved it with one of the refactors over the last year or two.