1728786 - [Intermittent] Clicks on Bing ads are counted as searches

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1704937

(Firefox :: Search, defect, P3)

Description

[Maria Heres, inactive, contact Ecosystem QA]

[Affected Versions]:

• Firefox Release 90.0.2 (Build ID: 20210721174149)
• Firefox Release 91.0.2 (Build ID: 20210823123856)
• FIrefox RC 92.0 (Build ID: 20210901142158)
• Firefox Nightly 93.0a1 (Build ID: 20210902092450)

[Affected Platforms]:

• Windows 10
• Linux Mint 20
• macOS 11.5.1

[Prerequisites]:

• Have Firefox Release open.
• Have Bing as the default search engine.
• Be in a region where Bing displays ads (e.g. IT).

[Steps to reproduce]:

1. Write “hotels” in the awesomebar and press the Enter key.
2. Click one of the ads displayed on the search page.
3. Go to “about:telemetry#keyed-scalars-tab”.
4. Search for “browser.search.with_ads” and observe the number displayed for “bing:sap”.

[Expected result]:

• The number has increased by 1 - the number of searches.

[Actual result]:

• The number has increased by 2 - the number of searches and clicks on ads.

[Notes]:

• The issue is also reproducible for “bing:organic”
• The issue seems intermittent.
• The issue does not seem reproducible for Google.
• Attached is a recording of the issue.

Comment 2

[:Gijs (out until Jan 5th; he/him)]

Based on bug 1727899 and this being P3, I assume it doesn't need to be S2, but please correct as needed.

Comment 3

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

S3 is fine, it might even be an S4, but lets keep it on S3 for now.