1419559 - scope.clearTimeout(tid) doesn't work anymore, leaves timeout running

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect, P3)

Description

[Jim Michaels]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:57.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/57.0
Build ID: 20171112125346

Steps to reproduce:

var t;
t=window.setTimeout("somefunction()",1000);
window.clearTimeout(t);
t=null;
function somefunction() {
...
}

somebody put a specific bug in the browser so this bug cannot be reproduced or mentioned. because it shows in my own code, but this unit test does not reproduce it. why me? are you tired?... and I noticed you turned it off. got a bug catcher?


Actual results:

somefunction is being called anyway.


Expected results:

should work as documented.

Comment 1

[Ben Kelly [:bkelly, not reviewing]]

I'm sorry, but we need a reduced test case to investigate.  The steps in comment 0 work fine, as you point out.

Comment 2

[Jim Michaels]

I know what I saw. it was weird watching the bug come and go.
intermittent failure.

Comment 3

[Ben Kelly [:bkelly, not reviewing]]

I'm sorry, but without a reduced test case (or even a URL to look at) there is nothing we can do.  Please feel free to re-open if you have more information to share.