1612082 - Save doorhanger is displayed on page navigation for unsubmitted credentials on login forms

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Toolkit :: Password Manager, defect)

Description

[Timea Cernea [:tbabos][inactive]]

Attachment: Recording of the issue

Affected platforms:
All

Steps to reproduce:

1. Launch Firefox
2. Go to twitter.com (or any other site)
3. Fill in the username and password fields
4. Click on "Forgot Password?" or any other link that navigates to a different site in the same tab

Expected:
The save prompt should not be displayed without the user action to actually submit the typed in credentials

Actual:
The save prompt is displayed upon navigation to a different site.

Regression-Range:
Not a regression. It can be reproduced back to FX68.

Note
This could could be a dupe or already known functionality. Would like to have a confirmation for it to have as future reference.

Comment 1

[Timea Cernea [:tbabos][inactive]]

Attachment: Log

Comment 2

[Matthew N. [:MattN]]

This is expected behaviour as there is no good way for us to differentiate the forgot password link click from a submit link/button click.