1482480 - Cannot remove addon through "Manage Extension" item in browserAction context menu

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

Description

[[:philipp]]

Created attachment 8999258 [details]
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bug 1457474 implemented a way to open a webextension's entry within about:addons through the context menu of its toolbar icon. it's not possible to uninstall/remove the addon that way though.

str in a new profile:
- install the privacy badger extension from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-badger17/
- right-click the browseraction icon that's added to the toolbar
- click on "manage extension"
- click on "remove" on the addon page in about:addons that opened
- nothing is happening at that point and the extension stays installed (if you are starting the steps from a newly opened tab, the about:addons page will close and the addon isn't getting uninstalled either)

Comment 1

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

I guess maybe some assumptions at https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/content/extensions.js#1196 aren't true anymore?

Oriol, want to take a look?

Comment 2

[Oriol Brufau [:Oriol]]

In bug 1457474 I just copied the code from bug 1413574 for pageActions, which have the same problem.
I don't know the Add-ons Manager code, better find someone else.

Comment 3

[[:philipp]]

hi, could you take a look as the author of bug 1413574?

Comment 4

[Drew Willcoxon :adw]

This is a problem with the about:addons, not the UI that opens about:addons.  I'm not sure who's working on that these days.  I'll try to find someone to needinfo.

Comment 5

[Drew Willcoxon :adw]

Oh David is listed as the triage owner -- David, do you know who might be a good person to investigate this bug?

Comment 6

[Andrew Swan [:aswan]]

Yuck, this code assumes that the only way to get to the detail view is by a click from the list view:
https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/2466b82b729765fb0a3ab62f812c1a96a7362478/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/content/extensions.js#1201-1203

Comment 7

[Mark Striemer [:mstriemer]]

Created attachment 9000161 [details]
Bug 1482480 - Fix removing add-on from Manage Extension menu item r?aswan

Using the Manage Extension menu item would try to go back to the list view
to uninstall but there was no previous view so it would fail.

TODO: Check dictionaries

Comment 8

[Mark Striemer [:mstriemer]]

I checked dictionaries, so feel free to ignore that comment.

Comment 9

[Liz Henry (:lizzard) (use needinfo)]

David, should this be a priority to fix for 62? What do you think?

Comment 10

[Andrew Swan [:aswan]]

Comment on attachment 9000161 [details]
Bug 1482480 - Fix removing add-on from Manage Extension menu item r?aswan

Andrew Swan [:aswan] has approved the revision.

Comment 11

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/f2abc57ccd74
Fix removing add-on from Manage Extension menu item r=aswan

Comment 12

[Eliza Balazs [:ebalazs_]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/f2abc57ccd74

Comment 13

[Mark Striemer [:mstriemer]]

This is also possible through the Manage Extension item in the page action context menu. I believe this code will fix that, too.

Comment 14

[Ryan VanderMeulen [:RyanVM]]

Please nominate this for Beta approval when you get a chance.

Comment 15

[Mark Striemer [:mstriemer]]

Comment on attachment 9000161 [details]
Bug 1482480 - Fix removing add-on from Manage Extension menu item r?aswan

Approval Request Comment
[Feature/Bug causing the regression]: bug 1457474
[User impact if declined]: Removing an extension doesn't work from the Manage Extensions option
[Is this code covered by automated tests?]: Yes
[Has the fix been verified in Nightly?]: No
[Needs manual test from QE? If yes, steps to reproduce]: See comment 0
[List of other uplifts needed for the feature/fix]:
[Is the change risky?]: Low
[Why is the change risky/not risky?]: Reduces dependence on previous state, has tests but is not verified on Nightly yet
[String changes made/needed]: No

Comment 16

[Liz Henry (:lizzard) (use needinfo)]

Comment on attachment 9000161 [details]
Bug 1482480 - Fix removing add-on from Manage Extension menu item r?aswan

Fix for regression in 62, has new tests. Let's uplift for beta 19.

Comment 17

[Liz Henry (:lizzard) (use needinfo)]

Whoever takes this for verification, can you also check beta some time next week after beta 19 is released? Thanks!

Comment 18

[Stefan [:StefanG_QA]]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:63.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/63.0 (20180817100105)

I was able to reproduce the mentioned behavior on a Nightly build from 20180808100114. 

The issue not reproducible on the latest Nightly build from 20180817100105 using Windows 10 x64, Windows 7 x64, Ubuntu 18.04 and OS X 10.13. When installing the Privacy Badger add-on and then navigate from the context menu to  Manage Extension (about:addons) and press the remove button, the add-on is successfully removed.

Comment 19

[Raul Gurzau (:RaulGurzau)]

https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/rev/d810601eca84

Comment 20

[Stefan [:StefanG_QA]]

I've reproduced this issue on Beta 62.0b18. 

The issue has been verified as fixed on Beta 62.0b19 using Windows 10, Windows 7, Ubuntu 18.04 and OS X 10.13.