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Bug 1266409
Opened 8 years ago
Updated 2 years ago
service workers are disabled when setting "Never remember history"
Categories
(Firefox :: General, defect)
Tracking
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firefox48 | --- | affected |
People
(Reporter: jdescottes, Unassigned)
Details
STRs: - check navigator.serviceWorker is defined in webconsole - open preferences - go to privacy - set History to "Never remember history" - restart the browser as prompted - navigator.serviceWorker is now false Is this an expected behavior? If yes, UIs such as about:debugging and about:serviceworkers need to check this in order to display a message explaining service workers will not work with the current setting.
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Comment 1•8 years ago
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Dan, maybe you know the expected behavior here?
Flags: needinfo?(dan.callahan)
Comment 2•8 years ago
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"Never remember history" is the same as always being in private browsing. It sets browser.privatebrowsing.autostart to true.
Comment 3•8 years ago
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Sorry for the delay in responding. I don't know what the right behavior is, but based on :ochameau's response, adding a message to about:debugging and about:serviceworkers seems like a reasonable step. Our user-facing ServiceWorker story in general is pretty rough, e.g. Bug 1253031 - Impossible to clear data cached by Service Workers through any exposed UI. I'll be working to get some traction on that this quarter.
Flags: needinfo?(dan.callahan)
Updated•8 years ago
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Component: Bookmarks & History → General
Updated•2 years ago
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Severity: normal → S3
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