1455713 - inform the user which URL crashed a tab

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: General, enhancement, P5)

Description

[Pomax]

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I've been seeing a fairly high number of tab crashes in my nightly recently, but the crash report doesn't tell me which URL crashed, which is particularly problematic when a tab crashes in the background and all I get to see is that "some" tab crashed. The attached screenshot shows the current page that the crashed tab gets moved over to, it would be super useful to also list what the crashed URL was so that people can make an informed choice on whether to submit a report (not every URL is safe to share) or reload (not every tab was worth keeping).

There is a checkbox to "include the URLs of the sites you were on when Nightly crashed", it would be a good idea to list those URLs on the page itself above or below that checkbox area.

(filed in firefox::general because I couldn't find a category specific to FF crash reporting)

Comment 1

[Damira Akh]

It seems its enhancement.

Comment 2

[Mike Conley (:mconley) (:⚙️)]

(In reply to Pomax [:pomax] from comment #0)

I've been seeing a fairly high number of tab crashes in my nightly recently,
but the crash report doesn't tell me which URL crashed, which is
particularly problematic when a tab crashes in the background and all I get
to see is that "some" tab crashed.

Unfortunately, I don't think it's always possible to resolve a crash to a particular tab or site.

I do think it would be good to show the user which sites would be submitted to crashstats were they to click that checkbox.