1536812 - [Experiment] The user-friendly message is not displayed and the whole section is entirely collapsed if all the "Recommended by Pocket" cards are dismissed

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1529983

(Firefox :: New Tab Page, defect)

Description

[Marius Coman [:mcoman], Ecosystem QA]

Attachment: rec of the issue.gif

[Affected versions]:

• Firefox Beta 67.0b3 - Build ID: 20190318154932
• Firefox Nightly 68.0a1 - Build ID: 20190320112939

[Affected Platforms]:

• All Windows
• All Linux
• All Mac

[Prerequisites]:

• Have a Firefox profile with the "browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.discoverystream.config" pref set to "{"api_key_pref":"extensions.pocket.oAuthConsumerKey","enabled":true,"show_spocs":true,"layout_endpoint":"https://getpocket.cdn.mozilla.net/v3/newtab/layout?version=1&consumer_key=$apiKey&layout_variant=basic"}" in the "about:config" page.

[Steps to reproduce]:

1. Open the browser with the profile from prerequisites.
2. Open a "New Tab" and dismiss all the cards from the "Recommended by Pocket" area.
3. Observe the behavior.

[Expected result]:

• All cards are dismissed and a user-friendly message is displayed.

[Actual result]:

• The user-friendly message is not displayed and the "Recommended by Pocket" section entirely is collapsed.

[Notes]:

• This issue is reproducible on an all the "activity-stream-pktnewtabH12019-release66smoketest1" experiment branches.
• This issue is not reproducible with the default New Tab experience.
• Attached a screen recording of the issue.

Comment 1

[Punam Dahiya [:pdahiya]]

Bug 1529983 addresses showing placeholders when there is no story to show.

NI Wolasi for design inputs on do we need to show a friendly message when all stories are dismissed or handling empty state with placeholders suffice. If yes, we can mark this bug as duplicate of bug 1529983. Thanks!

Comment 2

[Wolasi :wolasi]

Yes, let's fix this.