1889864 - Some queryParams are not being properly removed from Google

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1889564

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

Description

[Ciprian Georgiu, Desktop QA]

Found in

• latest Nightly 126.0a1

Affected versions

• latest Nightly 126.0a1

Tested platforms

• Affected platforms: Win 11, macOS 13 and Ubuntu 22.04

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://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/6325879?oe=en
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

• The query parameter oe is correctly stripped from the URL, as per https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D203080

Actual result

• The query parameter is 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

• Other querry parameters that are not correctly stripped from google:
  visit_id - https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9143382?hl=en-GBanswer&visit_id=638438957749014564-2296621298&ref_topic=11151952&rd=1#zippy=%2Cattribution%2Cdemographics%2Cecommerce%2Cevent%2Cgaming%2Cgeneral%2Cgeography%2Clink%2Cpage-screen%2Cplatform-device%2Cpublisher%2Ctime%2Ctraffic-source%2Cuser%2Cuser-lifetime%2Cvideo%2Cadvertising%2Cpredictive%2Crevenue%2Csearch-console%2Csession
• aqs - https://www.google.com/search?q=aqs+google&client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=4b3e726407594cc1&ei=PjbwZaD3EbmL9u8PuZCU-Ac&udm=&ved=0ahUKEwigjsC9ye6EAxW5hf0HHTkIBX8Q4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=aqs+google&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiCmFxcyBnb29nbGUyBBAAGB4yBhAAGAgYHki4DlDjCViiDXAEeACQAQCYAXOgAasCqgEDMi4xuAEDyAEA-AEC-AEBmAIGoALrAcICChAAGEcY1gQYsAPCAgYQABgHGB7CAggQABgIGAcYHpgDAIgGAZAGApIHAzUuMaAHmAg&sclient=gws-wiz-serp
• dcr - https://consent.google.de/m?continue=https://www.google.de/search?tbm%3Disch%26q%3Dcats%26chips%3Dq:cats,g_1:anime,g_2:cute,g_8:love%26sa%3DX%26ved%3D0ahUKEwj6ra6-v7bZAhXEvhQKHR4UCYsQ4lYIOCgA%26biw%3D1536%26bih%3D386%26dcr%3D1&gl=RO&m=0&pc=irp&cm=2&hl=de&src=1