1423195 - Release 57.0.1 tries to replace search provider with google

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Search, defect)

Description

[Max Harmathy]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:57.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/57.0
Build ID: 20171130105051

Steps to reproduce:

upgrading from 57.0 to 57.0.1 


Actual results:

Firefox displayed a message with the option to replace my search provider with google search.


Expected results:

Leave the search provider as set by the user

Comment 1

[Gingerbread Man]

Probably intended behavior from bug 1419941.

Comment 2

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

(In reply to Max Harmathy from comment #0)
> Firefox displayed a message with the option to replace my search provider
> with google search.

What was your search provider? Did you set it manually?

Comment 3

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

Thank you for filing this bug.
57.0.1 has a Search Reset feature, it is done to protect the user, not to force anything specifically (it suggests google just because it's the default search provider in your region).
If the feature thinks you may have set the engine, it asks you for confirmation and it's a one-click action to retain your choice.

Comment 4

[Max Harmathy]

(In reply to Francesco Lodolo [:flod] from comment #2)
> (In reply to Max Harmathy from comment #0)
> > Firefox displayed a message with the option to replace my search provider
> > with google search.
> 
> What was your search provider? Did you set it manually?
I use www.startpage.com
Yes, I set it manually

Comment 5

[Gingerbread Man]

"Notice for Firefox users:
Firefox's latest update (57.0.01) tries to reset your default search engine. After the update you can easily reset StartPage as your default search engine."

StartPage now bears the aforementioned warning. It suggests a reset, rather than a prompt. They've never pushed their search engine via unscrupulous means like hijacking add-ons. The detection needs more work if it can't tell this aboveboard privacy-friendly engine was added by user action.

Discussion:
https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/7hwr4o/startpage_firefoxs_latest_update_5701/