1458914 - The "Sponsored content" is wrongly displayed in each opened tab, when you are in the "Cap2" variant

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Shield :: Shield Study, defect)

Description

[Marius Coman [:mcoman], Ecosystem QA]

Attachment: rec of the issue.gif

[Affected versions]:
- Firefox Beta 60.0b16
- Nightly 61.0a1

[Affected Platforms]:
- All Windows
- All Mac
- All Linux

[Prerequisites]:
- Have a clean new Firefox profile.
- Have the set-up for the "Cap2" variant configured (https://goo.gl/cL4Ue3).

[Steps to reproduce]:
1. Start the browser with the profile from prerequisites.
2. Open ~10 new tabs and observe the "Recommended by Pocket" area on each tab.

[Expected result]:
- The sponsored content is displayed on maximum 3 tabs.

[Actual results]:
- The sponsored content is displayed on each opened tab.

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

Comment 1

[klong]

This was a server-side configuration error which has been fixed, and :cmarius has confirmed it is no longer reproducible. Marking this as fixed.

Comment 2

[Marius Coman [:mcoman], Ecosystem QA]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:61.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/61.0
Firefox: 61.0a1, Build ID 20180504100129

I have verified this issue and I can confirm that is no longer reproducible on Windows 10 x64, Mac 10.13 and Ubuntu 14.04 x64 with the latest Firefox Beta build (60) and the latest Nightly build (61.0a1) installed. 
Now, the users can see the "Sponsored content" card for maximum three times.