1475741 - Links on google search do not open on new tab when using the "open link in new tab" option

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Untriaged, defect)

Description

[linibensonjr]

Attachment: Record of What Happens

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; Win64; x64; rv:61.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/61.0
Build ID: 20180621125625

Steps to reproduce:

When search results from Google appear and maybe I try to open a search link on a different tab it doesn't work


Actual results:

It flashes the new tab and then immediately closes. However, it works well on other sites.


Expected results:

It should have opened the requested link on a new tab

Comment 1

[Kanchan Kumari QA]

I couldn't reproduce this issue on 
User Agent     Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; Win64; x64; rv:61.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/61.0

Please try retesting this with safe mode (https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Safe+Mode) and fresh profile (https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Safe+Mode) and let us know your finding. Thanks!

Comment 2

[Kanchan Kumari QA]

Closing this bug as resolved:Incomplete due to no update from the reporter. Feel free to reopen it and provide requested info if this issue is still reproducible for you. Thanks!