1270100 - Browser Console error while disabling add-ons

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

[Vasilica Tamas, QA [:vtamas]]

Attachment: skyziptm_acceleration_and_compression_proxy-0.2.6-fx+an-windows.xpi

[Note]
This is a follow-up bug for Bug 1267318


[Affected versions]:
Firefox 49.0a1
Firefox 48.0a2 
Firefox 47.0b2
Firefox 46.0.1
Firefox 45.1.1esr

[Affected platforms]:
Windows 10 64-bit
Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit
Mac OS X 10.11

[Steps to reproduce]:
1.Launch Firefox with clean profile.
2.Install the following add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bugzilla-tweaks/
3.Navigate to about:addons and disable it. 

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

[Actual Results]:
The following error appears in Browser Console while disabling the add-on:
NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE: Component returned failure code: 0x80070057 (NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE) [nsIXPCComponents_Utils.nukeSandbox]                              bootstrap.js:28


[Additional notes]:
- I was able to reproduce this issue on Firefox 49.0a1 (2016-05-03), Firefox 48.0a2 (2016-05-03), Firefox 47.0b2 (20160502152141), Firefox 46.0.1 (20160502172042) and Firefox 45.1.1esr (20160502160818) across all platforms.
- I also encountered this error while disabling the attached add-on.

Comment 1

[Andy McKay]

We think this a problem with the bootstrap script in the Add-on, it is a rather old Add-on. Newer add-ons that use jpm should not have this problem.