1536845 - No telemetry pings are displayed in the "Browser Console" if you navigate to a "Top Site"/"Pocket Recommendation"/"Highlights" card from the right-click context menu

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: New Tab Page, defect)

Description

[Marius Coman [:mcoman], Ecosystem QA]

Attachment: rec of the issue.gif

[Affected versions]:

• Firefox Release 66.0 and above

[Affected Platforms]:

• All Windows
• All Linux
• All Mac

[Prerequisites]:

• Have a Firefox profile with the "browser.ping-centre.log" pref set to "true" in the "about:config" page.
• Have the "Browser Console" opened.

[Steps to reproduce]:

1. Open the browser with the profile from prerequisites.
2. Right-click on any "Top Site" card and select the "Open Link in New Tab" option.
3. Focus the "Browser Console" and observe the displayed pings.

[Expected result]:

• Specific "Activity Stream" pings are displayed.

[Actual result]:

• No telemetry pings are displayed.

[Notes]:

• This issue is not reproducible if you navigate to the desired "Top Site" using the middle-click or the "Ctrl + click"/"Shift + Click" shortcuts.
• Attached a screen recording of the issue.

Comment 1

[Ed Lee :Mardak]

The OS/native context menu probably happens outside the scope of the page and the most we might know is that the user opened up the native context menu. ??

Comment 2

[Nan Jiang [:nanj]]

AS telemetry probes cannot capture the user interactions in the native context menu. The existing telemetry for AS context menu is good enough to meet the analytic needs.