1742281 - Extensions API permissions.request does not resolve/call back

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Untriaged, defect)

Description

[Dan]

Attachment: BrokenFirefoxPermRequest.zip

Steps to reproduce:

1. Click extension icon
2. Click button in extension popup to "enable" extension on current site (active tab)
3. Browser shows a prompt which requests host permission from user
4. User clicks "Allow"
5. Some logic executes immediately after/in direct response to the user's action on the permission prompt (i.e. after they click Allow/Deny)

Actual results:

Step 4's logic does not execute - nothing is executed in response to the user action on the perimission request prompt

This happens because the callback passed to chrome.permissions.request(perm, callback) does not get called, or when using the Promise-based browser.permissions.request(perm), the Promise returned by the function never resolves.

Note, this only happens when calling the permissions.request function brings up the permission request prompt/alert which the user needs to action (click Allow/Deny).

E.g.
browser.permissions.request(hostPerm, (granted) => {
// this should execute immediately after user clicks Allow/Deny
});

Expected results:

Logic in step 4 should execute.

Comment 1

[:Gijs (he/him)]

Not a security issue, removing security group.