1821225 - "Always Ask" microphone permission asks only until refused once when global permission is blocked

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: Site Permissions, defect, P3)

Description

[Karl Tomlinson (:karlt)]

1. Ensure a microphone is connected.
2. Load about:preferences#privacy
3. Click "Settings..." for "Microphone".
4. Check "Block new requests asking to access your microphone" then "Save changes".
5. In a new tab, load https://bug1799822.bmoattachments.org/attachment.cgi?id=9302646
6. Click padlock "Verified by: Let's Encryt" beside url, "Connection Secure", "More information", "Permissions".
7. Under "Use the microphone", uncheck "Use Default" and select "Always Ask".
8. In content, click "getUserMedia". Prompt appears with "Remember this decision" unchecked.
9. In prompt, "click "Block".

In Page Info dialog Permissions tab:
Actual: "Use the microphone" has reverted to "Use Default", "Block".
Expected: no change.

10. In another new tab, load https://bug1799822.bmoattachments.org/attachment.cgi?id=9302646
11. In content, click "getUserMedia".

Expected: prompt.
Actual: "NotAllowedError: The request is not allowed by the user agent or the platform in the current context."

Comment 1

[Karl Tomlinson (:karlt)]

Similar behavior in 111.0b8 and 100.0, so not a recent regression at least.

Comment 2

[Paul Zühlcke [:pbz]]

Thanks! I can reproduce the issue. Putting it in the backlog because while it's worth addressing it's quite the edge case.