1541057 - Permanently allowing/blocking the location can't be changed from Site Information panel

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1224453

(Firefox :: Site Identity, defect)

Description

[laszlo.bialis]

Note

• The issue is present only on https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Geolocation_API#Live_Result

Affected versions

• Nightly 68.0a1, Beta and Release

Affected platforms

• Ubuntu 16.04 x64
• Windows 10 x64
• macOS 10.13

Steps to reproduce

1. Open https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Geolocation_API#Live_Result
2. Click on the Show my location button
3. From the doorhanger check "Remember this decision" and select Don't Allow / Allow Location Access button
4. Click on the (i) button from URL bar

Expected result

• In the Site Information panel in the Permissions section "Access Your Location Blocked x" should appear, with the possibility to deactivate the previous selection, as in case of other Geolocation sites (ex. maps.google.com)

Actual result

• "You have not granted this site any special permissions" is shown.

Regression range

• This is not a recent regression.

Additional notes

• The selection can still be deactivated but only from about:preferences#privacy /Location/Settings

Comment 1

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

The priority flag is not set for this bug.
:jdm, could you have a look please?

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Comment 2

[Johann Hofmann [:johannh]]

This is because it's actually in an iframe.