1644144 - The "Firefox has just been updated in the background" message is inaccurate.

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Firefox :: Session Restore, defect)

Description

[mihir.cs.iitd]

Attachment: Screenshot from 2020-06-08 09-11-24.png

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/83.0.4103.61 Safari/537.36

Steps to reproduce:

I attempted to open a new tab in Ubuntu Firefox after it had been updated in the background. In Ubuntu 20.04, I install security updates automatically.

Actual results:

As the screenshot shows, I received a message saying, "Click Restart Firefox to complete the update. We will restore all your pages, windows and tabs afterwards, so you can be on your way quickly." I have selected "Always use private browsing mode" in my History preferences, so I know that Firefox will be unable to restore my tabs upon restart - and Firefox indeed cannot.

Expected results:

Firefox should have adapted its error message to the case of not saving history data. Perhaps the error message should read, "Please save any important tabs, as they will be unable to be restored after the restart." To be clear, I know that these automatic updates are imposed on Firefox by Ubuntu and I'm not seeking any change in how that is handled - just a more accurate error message.

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

Bugbug thinks this bug should belong to this component, but please revert this change in case of error.

Comment 2

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The severity field is not set for this bug.
:mikedeboer, could you have a look please?

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Comment 3

[mihir.cs.iitd]

Attachment: Screenshot from 2020-07-03 demonstrating the issue

Hi,
I've once again received an automatic update of Firefox and the issue persists, exactly as described above.

Comment 4

[mihir.cs.iitd]

Attachment: Screenshot from 2020-12-16 09-19-10.png

I just received a new update and the issue persists, exactly as described above.

Comment 5

[Marco Castelluccio [:marco]]

Canceling needinfo because Mike's account is inactive.