1571748 - The old password is still displayed instead of the new one if it’s updated by adding characters

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: about:logins, defect, P1)

Description

[Carmen Fat [:cfat] - Ecosystem QA]

Attachment: password chars.gif

[Notes]:

• The updated password is correctly displayed after refreshing the page.
• This issue is only reproducible when adding characters to the password. When deleting characters, the new password is correctly displayed after saving the login edit.

[Affected Versions]:

• Nightly 70.0a1 (Build ID: 20190805220030)

[Affected Platforms]:

• All Windows
• All Mac
• All Linux

[Prerequisites]:

• Have at least one saved login.

[Steps to reproduce]:

1. Open the latest Nightly browser with the profile from prerequisites.
2. Navigate to "about:logins" page and click one of the saved logins.
3. Click the "Edit" button.
4. Add more characters to the current password.
5. Click the "Save Changes" button.
6. Click the “Show Password” button and observe the password.

[Expected results]:

• The Password field is updated and displays the correct number of characters.

[Actual results]:

• The Password field is not updated and displays the number of characters before the edit.

[Additional Notes]:

• Attached a screen recording with the issue.

Comment 1

[Tim Nguyen :ntim]

Attachment: Bug 1571748 - Properly update password field width after saving changes. r=MattN

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/b925c93650bf
Properly update password field width after saving changes. r=MattN

Comment 3

[Andrei Ciure[:aciure]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/b925c93650bf

Comment 4

[Simona Rosu [:srosu], Ecosystem QA]

I have verified this issue on the latest Nightly 70.0a1 (2019-08-20) (64-bit) on Windows 10, MacOS 10.14 and Ubuntu 16.04.
- The newly password is displayed when it is updated.