1606824 - app.update.channel not changing if modified from about:config

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Toolkit :: Application Update, defect)

Description

[Catalin Sasca, Desktop Test Engineering [:csasca]]

Attachment: Update Channel.gif

Affected versions

• Firefox 72.0
• Firefox 72.0b11
• Firefox 73.0a1

Affected platforms

• Windows 10 & 7
• macOS 10.15
• Ubuntu 18.04

Steps to reproduce

1. Launch Firefox with a clean profile
2. Access about:config and change the status for "app.update.channel" to any other
3. Restart Firefox
4. Open about:support and look at "Update Channel"

Expected result

• The update channel actually changes to the one the user choose

Actual result

• The update channel is not changed

Regression range

• I will see for a regression.

Additional notes

• The issue can be seen in the attachment.
• The pref may be profile dependent, so the browser will always take the default config from the installation folder.

Comment 1

[Julien Cristau [:jcristau]]

app.update.channel lives in channel-prefs.js in the install folder, not the profile.