1702152 - The Media Decored Error infobars are being dissmissed when clicking the "Learn how" link

Status: NEW

(Core :: Audio/Video: Playback, defect, P2)

Description

[Daniel Bodea [:danibodea]]

Note

• When the user triggers a Decored Error Infobar and clicks the "Learn how" link, he is redirected to the “Fix video and audio…” page where the Infobar is also displayed, but when returning to the initial video tab, he will notice that the Infobar is dissmissed.

Affected versions

• Nightly v89.0a1

Affected platforms

• all

Preconditions

• Set the following prefs:

1. browser.proton.enabled=true
2. browser.proton.infobars.enabled=true
3. media.decoder-doctor.testing=true
4. media.decoder-doctor.testing.fake-error=MediaWMFNeeded
   4*. also reproducible with the error: MediaCannotInitializePulseAudio.
5. Restart profile.

Steps to reproduce

1. Launch browser.
2. Open: https://alastor0325.github.io/htmltests/autoplay_tests/autoplay_test1.html
3. Infobar triggered; Click the "Learn how" link.

Expected result

• The Infobar is not dismissed from the video page

Actual result

• The Infobar is dismissed from the video page.

Regression range

• Implementation issue.

Additional notes

• This issue does not occur when Proton is deactivated.

Comment 1

[Daniel Bodea [:danibodea]]

Sorry about the confusion.

Comment 2

[Neil Deakin]

I see the same issue with proton disabled. A simple fix but I'm not sure which is the correct behaviour.