1400837 - Keep pending extension updates across browser sessions

Status: NEW

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect, P3)

Description

[CosminB]

Attachment: UpdateIcon.gif

[Affected versions]:
- Firefox 57.0a1 (2017-09-17) 

[Affected platforms]:
- Android 6.0.1

[Prerequisites]
- create extensions.webextPermissionPrompts and set it to true
- set extensions.autoupdate.interval to 1

[Steps to reproduce]:
1.Install https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/file/522557/messenger_extension-1.3.0-an+fx.xpi?src=version-history 
2.Restart the browser.
3.Go to about:addons tab.
4.After the update icon is displayed, restart the browser.

[Expected results]:
- The update icon is visible in about:addons tab.

[Actual results]:
- The update icon is not visible in about:addons tab after the restart of the browser.
- The icon is displayed only after some time.

Please see the attached video.

Comment 1

[Andrew Swan [:aswan]]

Updates are just stored in a per-session temporary directory, we don't have a place to store them across browser sessions.  This is an issue on desktop too, I thought we had a bug for the work required to keep them around.  I can't find it so lets use this bug for that effort.

Comment 2

[Andrew Swan [:aswan]]

Also, given that this is how desktop updates work too, I don't think it makes sense for this to be blocking the bug about getting Android updates to rough parity with desktop.

Comment 4

[Graham Perrin]

Nit:

Platform: All Android

Also re: bug 1563953 what we have now on desktop 'feels' quite different from what was pictured at https://bug1400837.bmoattachments.org/attachment.cgi?id=8909273 – now there's a non-functional Available Updates button.