1756117 - [Experiment] The "VPN promo" message is not displayed even if you are enrolled in the experiment

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: Messaging System, defect)

Description

[Marius Coman [:mcoman], Ecosystem QA - PTO until 8th of November, for any requests ping :cmuresan]

Attachment: rec of the issue.gif

[Affected versions]:

• Firefox 98.0b6 Build ID: 20220217185748

[Affected Platforms]:

• Windows 10 x64
• macOS 11.6.2
• Linux Mint 20.2 x64

[Prerequisites]:

• Have a Firefox profile with the "browser.search.region" pref set to "US" in the "about:config" page.
• Have the "user.js" file copied to your PC.

[Steps to reproduce]:

1. Create a new Firefox profile but do not open it.
2. Go to the recently created profile folder and paste the "user.js" from the prerequisites.
3. Open the browser using the previously created profile.
4. Open a new "Private Window" and observe the displayed elements.

[Expected result]:

• A "VPN promo" message is displayed.

[Actual result]:

• The "Private window" general message is displayed instead.

[Notes]:

• Also I've observed that one error and a "TARGETING_EXPRESSION_ERROR" ping are displayed in the browser console after the "Private Window" is opened. You can find them here.
• Attached a screen recording of the issue:

Comment 1

[Dan Mosedale (:dmosedale, :dmose)]

@andreio said in slack:

somehow the pbnewtab recipe message went out with targeting true not "true" so it errored out for QA. I just changed it for them. That was the cause of bug 17566117.

So it should be fixed now; good catch!

Can you have another look?

Thanks!

Comment 2

[Marius Coman [:mcoman], Ecosystem QA - PTO until 8th of November, for any requests ping :cmuresan]

Hi, Dan! I have verified that this issue is no longer reproducible using the latest Firefox Beta (98.0b7 - Build ID: 20220220190121) installed on Windows 10 x64, macOS 11.6.4, and Linux Mint 20.02. Now, the "VPN promo" message is successfully displayed.

Considering the above I am closing this issue and marking it as VERIFIED.