1881521 - Same search terms across different engines are using the same moz_historyform (update)

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect, P3)

Description

[Dale Harvey (:daleharvey)]

Notes

• Follow-up from bug 1858978

Found in

• Nightly 120.0a1;

Affected versions

• Nightly 120.0a1;

Tested platforms

• Windows 10;
• Ubuntu 22;
• macOS 13;

Preconditions

• browser.urlbar.recentsearches.featureGate set to true
• browser.urlbar.suggest.recentsearches set to true

Steps to reproduce

1. Launch Firefox with the profile from preconditions.
2. Have a search done with default engine(A) for search_term any time. (e.g. in the past - let's say 2 months ago - below STR cover this scenario, or just recently - for more recent searches, the recent search order will get changed by same search done on different engine)
3. Focus the Address Bar and perform some searches(x,y,z) using the default search engine(A).
4. Focus the Address Bar and notice the Recent Searches.
5. Use search shortcut for any engine, but the default engineA - e.g. @engineB search_term
6. Focus the Address Bar and notice the Recent Searches.
7. Change default engine to the engineB, focus the Address Bar and notice the Recent Searches.

Expected result

• step 4 - Recent Search display x,y,z for engine(A)
• step6 - Recent Search display x,y,z for engine(A)
• step7 - Recent search display search_term for engine(B)

Actual result

• step 4 - Recent Search display x,y,z for engine(A)
• step6 - Recent Search display x,y,z, search_term for engine(A)
• step7 - Recent search display search_term for engine(B)

Regression range

• Not a regression.