1763627 - Unwanted files written to download directory

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1738574

(Firefox :: Downloads Panel, defect)

Description

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User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:99.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/99.0

Steps to reproduce:

Download any pdf file. Preferences set to ask ask whether to save or open for pdf file. "Open" selected. File opens in Adobe app, but is written to download directory nonetheless

Actual results:

Unwanted files wirtten to download directory

Expected results:

Expect file to open but not appear in download directory.

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'Firefox::File Handling' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please correct in case you think the bot is wrong.

Comment 2

[Ina Popescu, Desktop QA]

I've managed to reproduce this issue on the latest versions Nightly 101.0a1 and Firefox 99.
In about:preferences I chose "Use Adobe Acrobat Reader DC" option to open the PDF file. The PDF file was opened with the Adobe Acrobat Reader DC app and it was downloaded to the Downloads directory.

Narrowed down the regression window to:

Last good revision: 216de3cdebc9db25336b56380f23a20252d7e555
First bad revision: 3de56e38f3c87f33a1e7849701edb3c62bc472a5

Pushlog:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/pushloghtml?fromchange=216de3cdebc9db25336b56380f23a20252d7e555&tochange=3de56e38f3c87f33a1e7849701edb3c62bc472a5

Comment 4

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If I'm reading Bugzilla (I think the bug was discussed as #1738574) aright, it appears that no effort to fix this bug is to be made. I don't understand why: it broke Firefox and is extremely inconvenient and annoying. Indeed, if not fixed I shall have to turn to Chrome although I'd so with great regret.

I might add that some of the discussion of 1738574 seemed rather autocratic to me, indeed, just short of arrogant . The users' needs seemed hardly relevant. The thread was closed, preventing further rejoinders.

Comment 5

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

The comments were closed because they were just repeated me-too comments, spamming a lot of people and not providing additional information. The problem is clear and it's being looked into. Thanks.