1514168 - "Set a homepage" is not working for the first tab

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Settings and Preferences, defect, P3)

Description

[miralobontiu]

Attachment: 2018_12_14_05_33_58.mp4

Device:
 - Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 (Android 8.0);

Build:
 - Release 64.0.1;

Steps to reproduce:
 1. Go to Settings -> General -> Home -> Set a homepage and select "Custom".
 2. Type a random word or a link -> OK. 
 3. Enable the "Also use for new tabs".
 4. Close all opened tabs and close Firefox, then reopen it.

Expected result:
 The homepage should be the link set on step 2 or a search through the default search engine with the word/text entered at step 2.

Actual result:
 The default homepage is displayed. The second tab opened displays correctly the link/text from step 2. If all tabs are closed, the new tab also displays correctly the link/text from step 2.

Notes:
 - Not reproducible on Nightly 66.0a1 (2018-12-13), nor Beta 65.0b4.
 - Reproducible even if Settings -> General -> "Also use for new tabs" is not enabled.
 - Reproducible with Settings -> Advanced -> Restore tabs -> "Always restore" enabled and with "Don`t restore after quitting" enabled.

Please see the attached video.

Comment 1

[miralobontiu]

Not reproducible on:
- Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Android 6.0.1)
- Lenovo A536 (Android 4.4.2)
- Sony Xperia Z2 (Android 6.0.1)
- Google Pixel C (Android 8.0.0)
- Sony Xperia Z5 (Android 7.0)

Comment 2

[miralobontiu]

I could not reproduce the issue anymore, using the same device, Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 (Android 8.0).
I will close this issue as WORKSFORME.

Comment 3

[miralobontiu]

Hi,

I reopened this issue because I was able to reproduce it on Beta 67.0b3, and Nightly 68.0a1 (2019-03-18), using Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (Android 9.0), and Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 (Android 8.0).

The STR were:

1. Go to Settings -> General -> Home -> Set a homepage and select "Custom".
2. Type a random word (i.e. "a") -> OK.
3. Close all opened tabs and Firefox.
4. Reopen Firefox.

Actual result:
Firefox opened a page with the "Server not found" message.

Comment 4

[miralobontiu]

Note: if a link is typed at step 2, everything works as expected.

Comment 5

[Sorina Florean [:sflorean]]

Attachment: Screenshot_2019-03-26-14-38-02.png

This is reproducible even if "Also use for new tabs" is not enabled. The page is in loading mode and tapping on "X" shows a white page and URL.

Device: Xiaomi Mi4i (Android 5.0.2).
Build: 67.0b5.

Comment 6

[Diana Rus]

I reproduce the issue from Comment 3 on device Huawei MediaPad M3 Lite10(Android 7.0) on Firefox Nightly 68.0a1(2019-07-01)

Comment 7

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

Bugbug thinks this bug is a regression, but please revert this change in case of error.

Comment 8

[Eliza Balazs]

Hi! This is reproducible on Beta 68.1b1, Nightly 69.0a1 (2019-07-08) with Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 (Android 8).

Comment 10

[Liz Henry (:lizzard) (relman/hg->git project)]

Setting fix-optional to take this out of weekly triage.
Happy to take a patch for 70 or beyond.

Comment 11

[BMO Automation]

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