Closed Bug 1676171 Opened 4 years ago Closed 4 years ago

Pinning sponsored topsite intermittently loses their favicon

Categories

(Firefox :: Top Sites, defect, P3)

Firefox 83
defect

Tracking

()

RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Tracking Status
firefox82 --- disabled
firefox83 --- wontfix
firefox84 --- affected

People

(Reporter: phorea, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 2 open bugs)

Details

[Suggested Severity:]

S4

[Description:]

Pinning a sponsored topsite will lose their favicon and replace it with website’s first letter

[Environment:]

Windows 10
83.0b10-trybuild

[Preconditions:]

There are sponsored tiles listed in the topsites.

[Steps:]
  1. Download and install RO localized Firefox.
  2. Create an user.js and set: browser.topsites.useRemoteSetting = true and browser.search.region to "RO", connecting to the staging main-preview.
  3. Start the browser with the predefined profile.
  4. Open a new tab.
  5. Pick any sponsored topsite and choose to pin it using the menu.
[Actual Result:]

Intermittently, the topsite loses it’s favicon which is replaced with a general icon containing the website's first letter.

[Expected Result:]

The favicon is not lost when the sponsored topsite is pinned.

See Also: → 1673429
Severity: -- → S4
Priority: -- → P3
Blocks: 1681290
No longer blocks: 1681290
Blocks: 1690584
No longer blocks: 1653929

This issue no longer occurs on latest Nightly 87.0a1 under Windows 10 64-bit, with browser.topsites.experiment.ebay-2020-1 preference set to True.

Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 4 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
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