1515586 - 'Force Attribution' does not work when using an Firefox browser that is opened inside dmg

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(WebExtensions :: General, defect, P5)

Description

[Vlad Jiman]

When using an MacOS and opening an Nightly browser without installing it, upon pressing the Force Attribution button nothing will happen.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Download any version of Nightly or Fx66.
2. Double click it and choose the Nightly logo in the loader instead of drag&dropping it into the Applications to install
3. Go to about:config and set the 'browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.devtoolsEnabled' to True
4. Go to about:newtab#asrouter and scroll to the bottom of the page, press the 'Force Attribution' button
5. Open about:welcome

Expected:
The install addon message should be shown, depending on which addon has been added to the content field, about:welcome will be forced to show the first startup / install of that extension.

Actual:
Blank page, apparently when the browser has not been installed, Force Attribution does not populate the object with any values.
`Object { source: "addons.mozilla.org", campaign: "non-fx-button", content: "[e-mail]" }`

Comment 1

[Shane Caraveo (:mixedpuppy)]

This is likely some issue with the writing of quarantine data for an app that is still inside the dmg.  I wouldn't consider this a big deal.

Comment 2

[Shane Caraveo (:mixedpuppy)]

I'm not really certain where to put return to amo bugs.

Comment 3

[Andrei Oprea [:andreio]]

Since this is a testing/development only feature I think the current implementation is acceptable. Closing this unless someone thinks it's something we really need.