Closed Bug 1889663 Opened 11 months ago Closed 10 months ago

Specific queryParam is not properly removed from cnn

Categories

(Core :: Privacy: Anti-Tracking, defect)

Firefox 126
defect

Tracking

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RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1889564
Tracking Status
firefox126 --- affected

People

(Reporter: snegritas, Unassigned)

References

Details

Found in

  • 126.0a1(2024-04-04)

Affected versions

  • nightly 126.0a1(2024-04-04)

Tested platforms

  • Affected platforms: Ubuntu 22.04, Windows 11, MacOS 13

Preconditions

  • Standard setttings is applied in about:preferences#security.
  • Set “privacy.query_stripping.enabled” to false in about:config.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Navigate to https://edition.cnn.com/?ref=buffer.com
  2. Right click on the link, then click on "Copy Without Site Tracking".
  3. Open another tab and paste the copied linked into the URL bar.

Expected result

Actual result

  • The query parameters are not stripped from the URL.

Regression range

  • This is not a regression. It can also be reproduced with Nightly builds after the extened list of parameters was added.

Additional notes

  • There's a possibility that the CNN link tested with the specific parameter ref may not have been properly constructed. In such a scenario, this outcome might be expected.
Severity: -- → S3
Has STR: --- → yes
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 10 months ago
Duplicate of bug: 1889564
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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