1753481 - The commercial sound on Bloomberg is incorrectly auto-played

Status: NEW

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

Description

[Daniel Bodea [:danibodea]]

Note

• When the user loads the Bloomberg website, he will notice that the sound from the commercial is auto-played, even though it appears muted (on the video).

Affected versions

• Nightly v98.0a1
• ESR v91.5.1esr

Affected platforms

• all

Steps to reproduce

1. Launch browser.
2. Load https://www.bloomberg.com/europe
3. Accept the cockies website pop-up/modal.

Expected result

• The site is loaded and does not play sound.

Actual result

• The sound from the commercials is auto-played incorrectly.

Regression range

• Not a recent regression, since it also occurs on ESR.

Additional notes

• It does not occur in Chrome or EDGE.
• It seems to only reproduce and FIRST LOAD of the website.