1657581 - Payment form is not autofilled if the tab is unfocused or Firefox is minimized while filling in the OS auth prompt

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Toolkit :: Form Autofill, defect)

Description

[Timea Cernea [:tbabos][inactive]]

Attachment: Recording of the issue

Affected version:
Fx80 and FX81 - if CC specific prefs are enabled

Tested on:
Windows 10

Steps to reproduce:

1. Have 1 CC profile saved
2. Have "Require Windows authentication to autofill, view, or edit stored credit cards." option enabled
3. Go to https://luke-chang.github.io/autofill-demo/basic_cc.html
4. Click on any field with <autocomplete> attribute and select the saved CC profile from the dropdown
5. When the OS auth window is displayed, switch to a different Firefox tab or minimize Firefox
6. Fill in the correct OS password and submit it
7. Switch back to the tab with the form or maximize Firefox

Expected Result:
The fields should be highlighted with yellow and autofilled with the selected CC info

Actual Result:
The fields are highlighted with yellow but not auotiflled.
The "Clear Form" option does not work.
The user has to reload the page to reset the fields and toggle autofill again.

Regression-range:
This is a regression introduced by Bug 1604807
2020-08-06T12:04:24.671000: DEBUG : Found commit message:
Bug 1604807: Set text field values through formFillController to avoid races r=zbraniecki

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D82637

Comment 1

[Timea Cernea [:tbabos][inactive]]

Hey Adam, please take a look at this when you have the time.

Comment 2

[Adam Roach [:abr]]

Thanks. This looks like the original issue might need a slightly different approach.

Comment 3

[Timea Cernea [:tbabos][inactive]]

Suggesting S3 severity since it is an uncommon scenario for the user to switch tabs or minimize Firefox while the OS auth prompt is displayed

Comment 4

[Adam Roach [:abr]]

Fixed by Bug 1658086

Comment 5

[Alin Ilea, Desktop Test Engineering]

Verified - Fixed in latest Nightly 81.0a1 (build id: 20200813092915) using Windows 10, Ubuntu 18.04 and Mac OS 10.13. The fields are highlighted with yellow and autofilled with the selected CC info.