1457922 - A search made using the "Search bar" wrongly ads the "firefox-b" string instead of "firefox-b-1" in the URL after browser update

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Search, defect)

Description

[Emil Pasca [:emilpasca]]

Attachment: update_fail_querry2.gif

[Notes]:
- The issue is also reproducible when performing searches from different locations (about:home, about:newtab search fields).
- On Linux, after the browser is updated the url doesn't contain any google code ("firefox-b"/"firefox-b-1").
- On Mac, we weren't able to perform a browser update on "release-sysaddon" channel.

[Affected Versions]:
- Firefox 45 ESR
- Firefox 46
- Firefox 52 ESR

[Affected Platforms]:
- All Windows
- All Linux

[Prerequisites]:
- Have the pref "app.update.channel" set to "release-sysaddon" in "channel-prefs.js".
- Have a new Firefox profile.
- Have the following pref in the "about:config" page (If a preference does not exist, please create it) “browser.search.countryCode” set to "US".

[Steps to reproduce]:
1. Open the browser with the profile from prerequisites.
2. In "about:addons" page press "F12" and paste in the Browser console the following code:
"Components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/AddonManager.jsm"); AddonManagerPrivate.backgroundUpdateCheck();"
3. Perform a browser restart.
4. Click the "Hamburger" menu button from the toolbar.
5. Open the "About Mozilla Firefox" window from the "Help Menu".
6. Click the "Restart Firefox to Update" button.
7. After browser restarts perform a search from the "Search Bar".
8. Observe the url in the address bar.

[Expected result]:
- The URL contains the "firefox-b-1" string.

[Actual result]:
- The URL contains the "firefox-b" string.

[Additional Notes]:
- Attached a screen recording of the issue.

Comment 1

[Mike Kaply [:mkaply]]

This is because after the browser update, the system add-on temporarily is uninstalled (because it is not part of the update the browser received.)

You can see this by going to about:support.

If you do another check for system addons, you will receive the addon again.