1354708 - On Reddit, clicking a link to an addon's AMO page opens the page with default zoom and about-blank instead of URL in address bar.

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Untriaged, defect)

Description

[smartfon.reddit]

Attachment: RedditAmoTabURL.mp4

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:55.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/55.0
Build ID: 20170407030233

Steps to reproduce:

Sign into Reddit. Visit a thread that links to an addon's AMO page, such as this one
https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/642oax/i_created_a_mouse_gestures_web_extension_as_a/

Click on the title to open the addon page. 


Actual results:

The addon page opens in a new tab. Its address says "about:blank" and the page zoom is 110% instead of 150%(defined by me for that particular site).

The correct URL and zoom appear once the page is refreshed, or while switching between tabs.
Does not happen while signed out of Reddit account. Tested in Firefox Safe Mode. The problem is relatively new. I reproduced it with multiple similar titles that link to AMO.


Expected results:

It should either open a new tab and display the page properly, or open the page in the existing tab (like it does while signed out of account).

Comment 1

[Simona Badau, Desktop QA]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:55.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/55.0
Build ID: 20170412030252

I could not reproduce this issue as described using the latest Nightly 55.0a1 on Windows 10 x64. 

Smartfon.reddit, since you could reproduce this issue in Safe mode, could you please try to reproduce this issue using Firefox with a  new profile (something in your profile besides extensions could cause your issue).
https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Install-and-Update/Use-the-Profile-Manager-to-create-and-remove-Firefox-profiles/ta-p/2914

Comment 2

[smartfon.reddit]

(In reply to Simona B [:simonab ] from comment #1)

I haven't been able to reproduce the issue in the past 2 days, under any conditions. It was solved without making any changed on my end. Prior to that, I noticed this behavior on links other than Mozilla AMO, but not all of them were like that. I suppose the problem is resolved.

Comment 3

[Simona Badau, Desktop QA]

Based on comment 2, setting the status of this issue to Resolved Worksforme. 

Smarfon.reddit, please don't hesitate to reopen this bug if the issue is back and reproducible on the latest Firefox version.