1840619 - Android: Deleting browser data automatically, requires pressing the "Quit" button, instead of just closing Firefox like any other App.

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Firefox for Android :: Privacy, enhancement, P5)

Description

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Attachment: The "Quit" button in question

Firefox for Android

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open Firefox App -> "Settings" -> "Delete browsing data on quit" -> Enable (all data)
2. Open tabs, login (generate some data)
3. Close Firefox (close app in Android)
4. Reopen Firefox

Actual results:

Firefox didn't delete the browser data (tabs didn't close, still logged into sites).

Firefox instead requires pressing the "Quit" button (not intuitive & unpractical imho).

Expected results:

Firefox should have deleted the browser data when the app was closed.

Info from my phone:
Firefox 114.2.0 (Build #2015957435), Android 11

Comment 1

[[:incrediblyfunnyname]]

Totally agree, I can't believe it works this way

Comment 2

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

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

Comment 3

[iTrooz]

Hello, I'd like to take care of this bug (at least at some point in the future, I don't promise anything right now)

Could a Firefox employee (or anyone with the ability to confirm bugs ?) confirm that this is a real bug, and should be fixed ?

Comment 4

[iTrooz]

I am sorry, but I don't think it answers my question

I am looking for confirmation that this bug is considered as so by Mozilla, and that I can work on it without worrying that my work will be disregarded as "unneeded".

Could you please confirm this bug, or point me to someone that can do so ?

Comment 5

[Arturo Mejia [:amejia]]

Hi @iTrooz 👋!
Thanks for double checking!

I'll contact somebody from product to make sure this is something we would like to add.

Sorry for the delay the whole company was in week conference!

Comment 6

[iTrooz]

Thank you !

I should probably have mentioned this earlier, but my implementation idea is to clear on start rather than on quit, since the quit event may not be called, e.g. if the app is killed

Comment 7

[iTrooz]

Hello ! Do you have any news about this ?
Thanks

Comment 8

[Arturo Mejia [:amejia]]

Tagging Rahul to help with the prioritization of this bug!

Comment 9

[Rebeca Tudor]

I looked a bit into it and when i'm closing the app with "Quit" button, all data is deleted and tabs are closed, as expected.

When closing the app though a different method than clicking "Quit", the data is not deleted, as expected.

I will add qe-verify to be sure the "Quit" button works as intended.

Comment 10

[:Gela]

I looked a bit into it and when i'm closing the app with "Quit" button, all data is deleted and tabs are closed, as expected.
When closing the app though a different method than clicking "Quit", the data is not deleted, as expected.
I will add qe-verify to be sure the "Quit" button works as intended.

Yes the quit button works as expected, that's not what this ticket is for though. We want to delete history and tabs upon all various "close" paths including swiping away the app.

Comment 11

[:Gela]

We have decided this item is not currently a high priority for us so we have de-prioritized the ticket, but we will gladly accept a patch for it from our contributors.