1540078 - "Do you want the application “Python.app” to accept incoming network connections?" on macOS

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Testing :: Mochitest, enhancement)

Description

[Rob Wu [:robwu]]

Whenever I run a mochitest, I get a prompt from the firewall, containing: "Do you want the application “Python.app” to accept incoming network connections?"

Allowing/Denying works for a while, but eventually the message returns.
Denying does not appear to have any noticeable impact on the outcome of the tests that I'm running.

Comment 1

[Rob Wu [:robwu]]

Attachment: Bug 1540078 - Let pywebsocket listen at localhost in mochitests

Not specifying an explicit host causes pywebsocket to listen on the
default address, which may be 0.0.0.0. This triggers the firewall
on macOS, and causes the following prompt to be shown when mochitests
are run:

Do you want the application "Python.app"
to accept incoming network connections?

The dialog is a nuisance because it is always on top. Since denying
the access does not change the outcome of tests, it should be safe
to only listen on localhost.

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/a606559ac3b5
Let pywebsocket listen at localhost in mochitests r=ahal

Comment 3

[Oana Pop-Rus]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/a606559ac3b5