1555985 - The "How it Works" button from the "Protection From Tracking" first run card redirects to a "Page not found"

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: Messaging System, defect)

Description

[Marius Coman [:mcoman], Ecosystem QA]

Attachment: rec of the issue.gif

[Affected versions]:

• Firefox Release 67.0.1, Build ID 20190529121902 and above.

[Affected Platforms]:

• All Windows
• All Linux
• All Mac

[Prerequisites]:

• Have the folowing prefs in the "about:config" page:
  • "browser.search.region" set to "US"
  • "trailhead.firstrun.branches" set to "join-privacy"

[Steps to reproduce]:

1. Open the browser with the profile from prerequisites.
2. Navigate to the "about:welcome" page and dismiss the first run modal.
3. Click the "How it Works" button from the "Protection From Tracking" card.
4. Observe the behavior.

[Expected result]:

• A "Protection From Tracking" related page is opened.

[Actual result]:

• The button redirects to a "Page not Found" (https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/06/04/firefox-now-available-with-enhanced-tracking-protection-by-default/?utm_campaign=firstrun&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=activity-stream&utm_term=trailhead-join-card).

[Notes]:

• Attached a screen recording of the issue.

Comment 1

[Ed Lee :Mardak]

Who is responsible for making sure https://mzl.la/ETPdefault goes to a working page on launch day?

Comment 2

[Jim T]

That's Arthur and Tony... NI'd

Comment 3

[Liz Henry (:lizzard) (relman/hg->git project)]

Marking this as a blocker since there is followup required before launch.
Can we get this in place before launch day?

Comment 4

[Cherry]

All blog posts will be published at 5:50AM PST. So we should be good to go for 6AM PST

Comment 5

[Tim Spurway [:tspurway]]

This has now been fixed and the link is navigating to the correct blog post

Comment 6

[Marius Coman [:mcoman], Ecosystem QA]

I have verified that this issue is no longer reproducible with the latest Firefox Release (67.0.1 Build ID - 20190529130856) and the latest Firefox Nightly (69.0a1 Build ID - 20190606112416) installed, on Windows 10 x64, Arch Linux and Mac 10.14.5. Now, the "How it Works" button no longer redirects to a "Page not found".

Comment 7

[Firefox Bug Husbandry Bot]

Please specify a root cause for this bug. See :tmaity for more information.