1887831 - [Experiment] The “Recommended Media Addons” Panel is not dismissed when navigating between tabs

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Messaging System, defect)

Description

[Valentin Bandac [:vbandac], Ecosystem QA]

Attachment: media.panel.persist.mp4

[Affected versions]:

• Firefox Release 123.0 (Build ID: 20240213221259)
• Firefox Release 124.0.1 (Build ID: 20240321230221)

[Affected Platforms]:

• Windows 10 x64
• Windows 11 x64
• Ubuntu 22.04 x64
• macOS 13.6.2

[Prerequisites]:

• Have the user.js and the times.json files downloaded on your computer.

[Steps to reproduce]:

1. Create a new Firefox profile but do not open it.
2. Navigate to the profile folder and paste the user.js and the times.json from the prerequisites.
3. Open the Firefox profile and navigate to the https://www.youtube.com/ website.
4. Open a new tab.
5. Observe the “Recommended Media Addons” Panel.

[Expected result]:

• The “Recommended Media Addons” Panel is dismissed when navigating to a new tab.

[Actual result]:

• The “Recommended Media Addons” Panel is NOT dismissed when navigating to another tab.

[Notes]:

• The issue is reproducible in all branches of the experiment.
• This issue is also reproducible on all branches of the “Recommend Media Addons Feature Callout - Early Day User” experiment.
• Attached is a screen recording of the issue.

Comment 1

[Punam Dahiya [:pdahiya]]

Experiment went live, it's a known issue and not a blocker for the experiment.

Comment 2

[Shane Hughes [:aminomancer]]

In our sync we decided we wanted the callout to stay open when switching between tabs, because of bug 1887952. Since it's possible for the callout to open for a media tab that's in the background, we don't want the callout to disappear when the user focuses the media tab. Since that's the tab that's most relevant for the callout. In future, when we fix that bug, it will ensure a callout only opens for a foreground tab, so we might also add a property to make the callout disappear when leaving its connected tab.