1251998 - keyword doesn't work for synced bookmark

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1150678

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[mozilla]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:44.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/44.0
Build ID: 20160210153822

Steps to reproduce:

Firefox browser 44.0.2 on old computer had a bookmark with a keyword (e.g., finance.yahoo.com with keyword q).
In that browser I created a firefox account to enable Sync.
On new computer, installed Firefox browser 44.0.2, signed into account to Sync.
The new browser gets the old bookmarks as expected, and if I view the bookmark for finance.yahoo.com, it shows the keyword q.
I typed q in the address bar in the new browser.


Actual results:

It did a google search for "q", i.e., it didn't recognize the keyword.


Expected results:

It should've gone to finance.yahoo.com.

If I view properties of the bookmark in the new browser and click Save, the problem still happens.
If I change the keyword to something else (e.g., q2) in the new browser, it works.  I can then change the keyword back to the original "q", and it works.
I tried reproducing after the initial sync, by adding a new bookmark with keyword in the old browser, and letting the new browser get it via sync; but in that case the keyword worked in the new browser.  Possibly the problem only comes up for bookmarks that existed before the initial sync.

Comment 1

[mozilla]

My old browser is on Windows XP, new browser is on Windows 10 (I don't know if the OS matters for this issue).

Comment 2

[mozilla]

A related problem: When I edit a bookmark that had a keyword, change the Location, click Done; the keyword disappears from the bookmark.  I have to edit it again and add the keyword back.

Comment 3

[Chris H-C :chutten]

Just happened to me when I accidentally enabled sync on my 47.0b6

Comment 4

[Chris H-C :chutten]

FWIW, it self-repairs after a browser restart.

Comment 5

[Chris H-C :chutten]

It appears as though this is a subset of bug 1150678.