1559895 - Installing recommended themes will not display the ‘Recommended’ badge or string in about:addons

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

[Alex Cornestean]

[Affected versions]:
• Firefox 69.0a1 (20190617214029)

[Affected platforms]:
• Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
• MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6

[Prerequisites]:
Modify the following prefs as follows:

• xpinstall.signatures.required – false
• xpinstall.signatures.dev-root – true
• extensions.getAddons.discovery.api_url - https://services.addons-dev.allizom.org/api/v4/discovery/?lang=%LOCALE%

[Steps to reproduce]:

1. Navigate to the about:addons page
2. Access the Themes tab on the left side menu
3. Install all the Recommended themes

[Description]:
Installing the recommended themes (which have been previously tagged as recommended on AMO -dev) will not display the ‘Recommended’ badge or string on the cards or in detail view, as in the case of extensions.

[Expected results]:
As in the case of extensions, installing themes with the recommended tag should display the ‘Recommended’ badge and string on the cards and detail view.

[Actual results]:
Installing themes with the recommended tag does not display the ‘Recommended’ badge and string on the cards and detail view, as in the case of extensions.

Comment 1

[Rob Wu [:robwu]]

This is intentional. The Recommended Extensions program will only provide extensions, not themes.

Comment 2

[Alex Cornestean]

Thanks Rob, closing this issue based on the above comment as it seems to work as expected.