1279920 - The Search Suggestion dropdown flashes when the New Tab page is refocused

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox Graveyard :: Activity Streams: General, defect, P3)

Description

[Ciprian Muresan [:cmuresan], Formerly of Ecosystem QA - please needinfo @mcoman for things regarding the team]

Attachment: the search suggestions dropdown flashes.mp4

[Affected versions]:
- Firefox 45.0 and up
- Activity Stream 1.1.0-dev

[Affected Platforms]:
- All Windows
- All Mac OS X
- All Linux

[Prerequisites]:
- Latest Activity Stream add-on version (1.1.0-dev) was previously installed on a clean profile.

[Steps to reproduce]:
1. Open the browser with the profile from prerequisites. 
2. Open a New Tab and write a keyword in the Search bar.
3. Click the Windows Task bar.
4. Click back on the New Tab page and observe the Search bar.

[Expected result]:
- The Search bar is no longer focused.

[Actual result]:
- After the New Tab page receives focus, the Search Suggestion dropdown is displayed for a second and then it disappears.

[Notes]:
- Attached a screen recording of the issue.

Comment 1

[Vlad Bacia-Mociran [:VladB]]

Filed in GitHub as https://github.com/mozilla/activity-stream/issues/845

Comment 2

[Ciprian Muresan [:cmuresan], Formerly of Ecosystem QA - please needinfo @mcoman for things regarding the team]

The issue is not reproducible on the system add-on version. Based on this and the fact that the Test Pilot version will be graduating soon, I will close the issue as WFM.