Open Bug 1476440 Opened 6 years ago Updated 2 years ago

After opening a regular window after entering private browsing, pinned tabs disappear

Categories

(Firefox :: Session Restore, defect, P3)

62 Branch
Unspecified
All
defect

Tracking

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Tracking Status
firefox61 --- affected
firefox62 --- affected
firefox63 --- affected

People

(Reporter: carl17r, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:62.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/62.0
Build ID: 20180713213322

Steps to reproduce:

1. Pin tab in normal window
2. Open private browsing window
3. Close normal window
4. Open new normal window
5. Close all firefox windows
6. Pinned tab no longer opens on browser launch


Actual results:

My pinned tabs were lost after private browsing


Expected results:

Pinned tabs should either come back when the normal window is initially opened or when the browser is opened again
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:63.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/63.0 (20180720101508)

I have tested this report on Windows 10 x64, Ubuntu 18.04 x65 and OS X 10.12 using latest Nightly, Beta 62.0b9 and Firefox release build. I was able to reproduce the mentioned behavior only all tested platforms. When pinning a couple of tabs in a normal window, then open a private browser all pinned tabs disappear. After that opening, a new normal window nor a private one shows the pinned tabs. I would expect the pinned tabs to come back when the browser is opened again.

Please change if this is not the correct component.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Component: Untriaged → Tabbed Browser
Ever confirmed: true
OS: Unspecified → All
FWIW, this is pretty much expected behavior.
Component: Tabbed Browser → Session Restore
I don't see how this is expected behavior. If I pin a tab and close my firefox window, they come back when I reopen firefox. If I open a private window then close my normal window, then close my private window, pinned tabs reappear when the browser is reopened. However if you open a normal window after having closed all non-private windows, the pinned tabs do not reappear, and are lost the next time when firefox is opened. 

It is my understanding that pinned tabs should stick around and shouldn't be lost just because I happen to open and close private browsing windows in a particular order.
Priority: -- → P3
Severity: normal → S3

The severity field for this bug is relatively low, S3. However, the bug has 10 votes.
:dao, could you consider increasing the bug severity?

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The last needinfo from me was triggered in error by recent activity on the bug. I'm clearing the needinfo since this is a very old bug and I don't know if it's still relevant.

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