Open Bug 1807569 Opened 2 years ago Updated 1 year ago

Some strings (like "https") provide search suggestions

Categories

(Firefox for Android :: Search, defect, P2)

Product:
Firefox for Android
Component:
Search
Version:
Firefox 113
Platform:
All
Android
Type:
defect

Tracking

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Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
firefox108 --- affected
firefox111 --- affected
firefox112 --- affected
firefox113 --- affected
firefox115 --- affected
firefox116 --- affected
firefox117 --- affected
firefox118 --- affected
firefox119 --- affected
firefox120 --- affected
firefox121 --- affected
firefox122 --- affected
firefox123 --- affected
firefox124 --- affected
firefox125 --- affected
firefox126 --- affected
firefox127 --- affected
firefox128 --- affected

People

(Reporter: cpeterson, Unassigned)

References

Details

(Whiteboard: [fxdroid] [experience])

From github: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/17431.

Preconditions

Fresh install.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Launch Fenix and in the URL bar type any of the following: http: https: ftp: about: file:// a:// b: c:\ d:/ etc.
  2. Observe the search suggestions.

Expected behavior

No search suggestions are shown.

Actual behavior

Some strings provide search suggestions

Device information

  • Android device: Google Pixel 4 XL (11).
  • Fenix version: Nightly 1/13.

┆Issue is synchronized with this Jira Task

Change performed by the Move to Bugzilla add-on.

Severity: -- → S3
status-firefox108: --- → affected
Summary: Some strings provide search suggestions → Some strings (like "https") provide search suggestions

I was able to reproduce this issue with Lenovo tablet M10 (Android 10), and Oppo Find X3 Lite (Android 11), on the following builds:

  • Beta 112.0b2,
  • Nightly 113.0a1 from 3/15, and
  • RC 111.0.
Priority: -- → P2
Whiteboard: [fxdroid] [experience]

Hello,

This issue is still reproducible on the following builds:

  • Latest Nightly (117.0a1) from 19th of July 2023
  • Latest Beta (116.0b7) from 19th of July 2023
  • Latest RC (115.2.1) from 18th of July 2023

Devices used for testing:

  • Google Pixel 7 Pro (Android 14)
  • Samsung Galaxy Tab A6 (Android 5.1.1)

Thanks!

status-firefox115: --- → affected
status-firefox116: --- → affected
status-firefox117: --- → affected

It is probably worth making this the same algorithm that desktop code uses. Here's the current code.

Desktop also avoids reporting suggestions that look like URLs to the user. This is to avoid confusion with local history entries.

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