1271259 - When the new tab opens, www.example.com is trying to load and throws the address is invalid error

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: New Tab Page, defect, P3)

Description

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Attachment: Firefox_bug.jpg

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0
Build ID: 20160407164938

Steps to reproduce:

Open firefox browser or click on new tab, if already open.


Actual results:

Trying to load www.example.com, and throws the address is not valid error.


Expected results:

The recent or most frequently used webpage links as thumbnails should be displayed.

Comment 1

[Loic]

I dont have this, I have:
"Example Domain

This domain is established to be used for illustrative examples in documents. You may use this domain in examples without prior coordination or asking for permission."

Comment 2

[u597032]

Is this still reproducable since about:newtab is about:home?

Comment 3

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

Redirect a needinfo that is pending on an inactive user to the triage owner.
:daleharvey, since the bug has recent activity, could you have a look please?

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