1792988 - browser.search.separatePrivateDefault.ui.enabled is reset @ every startup

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: Search, defect, P2)

Description

[Adrian Florinescu [:aflorinescu]]

Found in

• 107.0a1

Affected versions

• 107.0a1, 106.0b6

Tested platforms

• Affected platforms: Windows 10, Ubuntu 22.04, Mac 11

Steps to reproduce

1. Launch FF.
2. Go to about:config
3. browser.search.separatePrivateDefault.ui.enabled to true
4. Restart browser and check the value for browser.search.separatePrivateDefault.ui.enabled.

Expected result

• browser.search.separatePrivateDefault.ui.enabled is true

Actual result

• browser.search.separatePrivateDefault.ui.enabled is false

Comment 1

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

I think Dale was going to look at this.

Comment 3

[Dale Harvey (:daleharvey)]

Attachment: Bug 1792988 - Dont reset prefs on startup for users not in experiment. r=Standard8

Comment 4

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/76728a4b5503
Dont reset prefs on startup for users not in experiment. r=Standard8

Comment 5

[Norisz Fay [:noriszfay]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/76728a4b5503

Comment 6

[Adrian Florinescu [:aflorinescu]]

Verified value persistence for browser.search.separatePrivateDefault.ui.enabled with 107.0b2, 108.0a1 (2022-10-18) on Ubuntu 22.04, Windows 10 and Mac 11.

It's unlikely that this fix will get into 106, but if it does, please feel free to re-add qe+.