1342350 - Canceling the permissions pop-up removes the webextension from the search results list

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect, P5)

Description

[Vasilica Tamas, QA [:vtamas]]

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[Affected versions]:
Firefox 54.0a1 (2017-02-23)

[Affected platforms]:
Windows 10 64-bit
Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit

[Steps to reproduce]:
1.Launch Firefox with clean profile.
2.Create extensions.webextPermissionPrompts and set it to true.
3.Restart the browser.
4.Navigate to Add-ons Manager -> Extensions and search for a webextension.
5.Click “Install” button.
6.Click “Cancel” button from permissions pop-up.


[Expected Results]:
Selecting the “Cancel” option closes only the permission doorhanger. The webextension is not removed from search results list.


[Actual Results]:
- The permission pop-up is closed and the add-on is removed from search results list.
- See attached video.

Comment 1

[Andrew Swan [:aswan]]

We're about to kill the built-in search in about:addons...