1726239 - Allow Firefox to restart with no windows open

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Toolkit :: Application Update, task, P1)

Description

[Robin Steuber (she/her) [:bytesized]]

Bug 1720742 will add a feature where Firefox on macOS can restart on its own to apply updates when no windows are open. When we do this, we want Firefox to re-launch in the same state - with no windows open. This bug will track adding functionality to allow us to restart this way.

Comment 1

[Robin Steuber (she/her) [:bytesized]]

Attachment: Bug 1726239 - Add nsIAppStartup::eSilently flag r=Gijs

Adds a silent restart flag to be used wiht nsIAppStartup::Quit. This flag will cause the env value MOZ_APP_SILENT_RESTART to be set on shutdown and read back and unset on startup.

This functionality is necessary for Bug 1720742.

Comment 2

[Robin Steuber (she/her) [:bytesized]]

Attachment: Bug 1726239 - Allow a silent startup r=Gijs

Modify the command line handler such that it does not open any window on the initial application launch when the MOZ_APP_SILENT_RESTART env value is set.

Depends on D123019

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/8fde946b22e6
Add nsIAppStartup::eSilently flag r=Gijs
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/afc7ecd9e49e
Allow a silent startup r=Gijs

Comment 4

[Sebastian Hengst [:aryx] (needinfo me if it's about an intermittent or backout)]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/8fde946b22e6
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/afc7ecd9e49e