1301005 - "Clear private data" from menu should work on 7.0

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 818994

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Alex Caziuc]

Tested using: Nexus 6P(7.0) on Beta 49.0b11

Steps:
1. Have some websites in History
2. Go to menu -> Clear private data(check mark all boxes or just history doesn't matter)

Actual result:
'Private data cleared' appears but nothing happens

Expected result:
The history tab should be empty(deleted)

Note: 
1.Clear browsing history from history tab works
2.Enabling "Clear private data on exit" and tap quit works
3.Also clean profile from android works(it creates clean profile)

Comment 1

[Sebastian Kaspari (:sebastian; :pocmo)]

(In reply to Alex Caziuc from comment #0)
> 2. Go to menu -> Clear private data(check mark all boxes or just history

You mean the option in settings?

Comment 2

[Alex Caziuc]

Yes it's the option in settings: Settings -> Clear private data

Comment 3

[James Willcox (:snorp) ([e-mail]) (he/him)]

Word on the street is that we've had this for a while and it's intermittent. If that's not the case (if it happens every time), we should revisit.

Comment 4

[Sebastian Kaspari (:sebastian; :pocmo)]

I can reproduce it with "Don't keep activities" enabled in the developer settings.

> GeckoConsole  E  [JavaScript Error: "Java-side history clearing failed: No listeners for request" {file: "resource://gre/modules/Sanitizer.jsm" line: 148}]
> E  Sanitizer.prototype.items.history.clear/<@resource://gre/modules/Sanitizer.jsm:148:23

[..]

Comment 5

[Kevin Brosnan [Ex-Mozilla]]

Which is bug 818994

Comment 6

[Sebastian Kaspari (:sebastian; :pocmo)]

Is "Don't keep activities" enabled on your device?

Comment 7

[Alex Caziuc]

I tried it with "Don't keep activities" disabled and it works as it should(clears history,etc). So I will make it a duplicate of bug 818994.