1582091 - [Fission] Form data is lost if Firefox restarts and the tab is reloaded via context menu

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1507287

(Core :: DOM: Navigation, defect, P3)

Description

[Emil Ghitta, QA [:emilghitta]]

Attachment: InputData.gif

Affected versions

• 71.0a1 (BuildId:20190916155843)

Affected platforms

• Windows 10 64bit
• macOS 10.13.6
• Ubuntu 18.04 64bit.

Preconditions
Enable fission.

Steps to reproduce

1. Launch Firefox.
2. Open at least 2 different tabs.
3. Access the following website.
4. Input some data into the form.
5. Focus the other tab.
6. Restart Firefox.
7. Right click on the tab where the website from step 3 is open.
8. Select the “Reload Tab” option from the context menu.
9. Left Click the tab in order to focus the website and view the form.

Expected result
Inputted data is not lost.

Actual result
Inputted data is lost.

Regression Range

• Pushlog:
  https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/pushloghtml?fromchange=c7a5a7b9cd50eff1be7591a5c49ee1164d800349&tochange=4dabc47dec1223930955d6e7eeb09d7fb5a61661

• Potential regressor: Bug 1544811

Notes
For further information regarding this issue please observe the attached screencast.

Comment 1

[Pascal Chevrel:pascalc (PTO until April 26)]

Marking as fix-optional for 71 to remove it from our regression triage queue, as this regression requires activating Fission which is not

Comment 2

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

Tentatively moving all bugs whose summaries mention "Fission" (or other Fission-related keywords) but are not assigned to a Fission Milestone to the "?" triage milestone.

This will generate a lot of bugmail, so you can filter your bugmail for the following UUID and delete them en masse:

0ee3c76a-bc79-4eb2-8d12-05dc0b68e732

Comment 3

[u608768]

This appears to be fixed by bug 1507287. Assigning myself so I remember to verify this when that bug lands.

Comment 4

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

Dupe to session restore bug 1507287. Kashav confirmed locally that the patches from session restore bug 1507287 will fix this bug.

M6 because this is related to session restore.