1844796 - The featureCallout appears briefly just before a website is loaded in the New Tab if previously a New Window displaying the featureCallout was closed

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Messaging System, defect, P1)

Description

[Carmen Fat [:cfat] - Ecosystem QA]

[Affected versions]:

• Firefox Nightly 117.0a1 - Build ID: 20230721040926

[Affected Platforms]:

• Windows 10 x64
• macOS 12.6.1

[Prerequisites]:

• Set nimbus.debug pref to “true”.
• Switch to the Stage environment using the Remote Settings Addon (restart the browser to apply the change).
• Copy and paste this link in order to force enroll in the experiment: about:studies?optin_slug=mcoman-bug-1826588-bugfix-verification&optin_branch=control&optin_collection=nimbus-preview

[Steps to reproduce]:

1. Open the browser with the profile from the prerequisites.
2. Press the “Ctrl”+”N” keys in order to open a New Window (make sure the featureCallout is displayed in the New Window).
3. Go back to the Original Window and open a New Tab (the featureCallout should not be displayed).
4. Close the New Window opened at step 2.
5. In the New Tab opened at step 3 type the link of a website and press the “Enter” key.
6. Observe what happens while the website loads in the tab.

[Expected result]:

• The website loads correctly.

[Actual result]:

• The featureCallout is displayed until the page loads.

[Notes]:

• Will test this scenario with Linux OS once I have access to a machine.
• Here is a video of the issue: link.

Comment 1

[Punam Dahiya [:pdahiya]]

Hi Jason, Can you please help check if this issue still exits Thanks!

Comment 2

[Jason Prickett]

Closing this for now as I've not been able to reproduce this.