1733459 - A graphical glitch is observed when clicking the "Set as default profile" button from about:profiles

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1500440

(Toolkit :: Startup and Profile System, defect)

Description

[Daniel Bodea [:danibodea]]

Attachment: graphical glitch.webm

Note

• When the user loads the about:profiles page and clicks the "Set as default profile" button from any of the profiles, he will notice a graphical glitch.

Affected versions

• Nightly v94.0a1

Affected platforms

• all

Steps to reproduce

1. Launch browser.
2. Load about:profiles
3. Click the "Set as default profile" button from any of the other profiles.

Expected result

• No graphical glitch is observed.

Actual result

• A graphical glitch is observed.

Regression range

• It appears to be a regression:
  2021-09-30T22:13:28.050000: DEBUG : Found commit message:
  Bug 1613705 - [localization] part18: Fix AuditParsingOfHTMLXMLFragments to work without JS context. r=emilio
  Depends on D116792
  Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D120337
  2021-09-30T22:13:28.050000: DEBUG : Did not find a branch, checking all integration branches
  2021-09-30T22:13:28.052000: INFO : The bisection is done.
  2021-09-30T22:13:28.053000: INFO : Stopped

Additional notes

Comment 1

[Zibi Braniecki [:zbraniecki][:gandalf]]

I believe this is a result of race condition in DOM building logic of about:profiles that the recent switch to fluent-rs has exposed.

Comment 2

[Bas Schouten (:bas.schouten)]

As per Zibi's comment.

Comment 3

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

This is just bug 1500440 I believe.