1401932 - Cannot load about: or file: pinned links

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: New Tab Page, defect)

Description

[Fanolian]

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1332595 +++

Disabling Activity Stream first is necessary due to bug 1401929.

Steps to reproduce:
0. Disable Activity Stream by setting browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.enabled to false. Restart browser.
1. Bookmark some about:* pages, e.g. about:crashes.
2. Open about:newtab.
3. Drag about:crashes bookmark into about:newtab to make a new tile.
4. Re-enable Activity Stream. Open about:newtab
4. Click on the about:crashes tile.

Actual result:
Error shown in Browser Console:
> Security Error: Content at about:newtab may not load or link to about:crashes.

a) Opening about:newtab and clicking on about:crashes DOES NOT WORK
b) Opening about:newtab and CTRL+CLICK on about:crashes does not work
c) Opening about:newtab and right-click->open in new tab does not work
d) Opening about:newtab and right-click->open in new window does not work
e) Opening about:newtab and drag/drop about:crashes into a new tab does not work. Browser Console shows "NS_ERROR_DOM_BAD_URI: Component returned failure code: 0x805303f4 [nsIScriptSecurityManager.checkLoadURIStrWithPrincipal]"

Comment 4

[Ed Lee :Mardak]

Bug 1401932 will be needed to correctly add about: or file: uris.

Comment 5

[Ed Lee :Mardak]

Re-triaging if we want this before turning off Tiles.