1658929 - [PI-725] The images are not displayed in the snippets after changing the System date in the future

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Messaging System, defect)

Description

[Carmen Fat [:cfat] - Ecosystem QA, PTO until September 4th - NI to: [e-mail]]

[Notes]:

• This issue could be happening due to pre-loading, so it might be a consequence of the limited testing environment, where the date is not changed naturally, but manually forced.
• This issue seems to be intermittent on Windows and macOS.

[Affected versions]:

• Firefox Release 79.0, Build ID 20200720193547
• Firefox Beta 80.0b7, Build ID 20200811133449

[Affected platforms]:

• Windows 10 x64
• macOS 10.15
• Ubuntu 16.04 x64

[Prerequisites]:

• Have a browser profile enrolled in any branch, except the "No Snippets" one.

[Steps to reproduce]:

1. Open the browser with the profile from prerequisites.
2. Set the date System's date 9 days in the future.
3. Open a new tab.
4. Observe the snippet from the bottom of the page.

[Expected result]:

• All the elements of the snippet are correctly displayed and visible.

[Actual result]:

• The image from the left side of the snippet is not displayed.

[Additional Notes]:

• Attached a screen recording of the issue here.

Comment 1

[Andrei Oprea [:andreio]]

This might be caused by the date change. Content is cached locally but images are not. Setting the system time to something "incorrect" can affect the requests for the images.