empty page shown when unable to connect
Categories
(Core :: Networking, defect)
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(Reporter: mozsupport2019, Unassigned)
Details
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/110.0
Steps to reproduce:
middle-click (or ctrl-click) on a link whose target cannot be connected
typically the hostname of the target is masked by my name resolution e.g.
127.4.4.4 www.example.com
when the link I clicked is https://www.example.com/some_path
(I do not have a service listening on localhost tcp 443.)
(Note this has been the case for quite some time, so no recent regression, but it keeps annoying me so I am reporting it now.)
Actual results:
the newly opened tab contains an empty page (light gray background in a normal window, dark violet background in a private window). The address bar shows the URL of the page (this is expected). the tab text is the beginning of "example.com" (I have many tabs so the full string doesn't fit). The browser window's title is "Mozilla Firefox".
When typing ctrl-I, the info shows Title: Untitled Page: Address: about:blank
After clicking into the address bar and pressing return on the URL shown, the page is replaced by "Unable to connect
An error occurred during a connection to ..." with the Try Again button, the tab title is (Icon: i in a circle) Problem loading page, the browser window title is also "Problem loading page".
Expected results:
What happens after pressing return in the address bar should have happened immediately, no blank page should have been displayed.
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Comment 1•2 years ago
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The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'Core::Widget: Gtk' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please correct in case you think the bot is wrong.
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Updated•2 years ago
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Comment 2•2 years ago
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I assume the tab icon of the empty page should tell you that Firefox is still trying to connect, am I correct?
After the connection timeout, Firefox should show the error page.
If I am right, this is the expected behavior and we won't fix this.
Sorry you are wrong. You are making assumptions contrary to the description I have given.
It happens just as I stated.
Until I do something, the blank page will remain for an unlimited time.
No indication of loading is evident (like grey dot moving horizontally, or blue dot moving horizontally in the area where the page icon would appear).
I am well aware what page loading looks like and I am very patient.
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