1898462 - Clicking a notification focuses the tab that sends the notification, but then opens a new window and focuses that (using the Flatpak)

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Core :: Widget: Gtk, defect, P3)

Description

[Vincent]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:126.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/126.0

Steps to reproduce:

1. Have a pinned tab with Slack open.
2. Someone sends a message in Slack and I get a desktop notification.
3. I click the notification.

Actual results:

The Slack tab focuses, but then a new window opens to the default homepage (i.e. not the new tab page - though I do have "Open previous windows and tabs" enabled) and steals focus.

Expected results:

Only the Slack tab should be focused.

(This is what happened when I was using the Fedora-packaged Firefox - the bug started happening after switching to the Flatpak, using the same profile.)

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

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Comment 2

[s1m]

It is reproducible without pin tab, from a new profile on firefox installed with flatpak:

• Open the mozilla's webpush test page: https://mozilla-services.github.io/WebPushDataTestPage/
• Click on Get subscription info, authorize notifications, Encrypt the data, Send the data
• Click on the notification

It will open a new firefox window.

Strangely, it doesn't happen with an old firefox install. I will try again with an old install and update this comment

Comment 3

[s1m]

The issue happens only if another firefox is installed via the system packages (rpm-ostree in my case).

Removing it fixes the issue

Comment 4

[Martin Stránský [:stransky] (ni? me)]

Can you please create a screencast of it?
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_Firefox_problems#Create_screenshot/screencast_for_a_bug_report
Thanks.

Comment 5

[Vincent]

Attachment: Screencast from 2024-08-15 16-55-24.webm

Sure, here you go!

Comment 6

[Vincent]

Actually, also just noticed that the new window uses the profile default-release-1, whereas my regular profile is default-release. And indeed, I have the default Firefox RPM installed as well.

Comment 7

[Martin Stránský [:stransky] (ni? me)]

I wonder if that's caused by mixed Firefox DBus name:
https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/e942f7bc56cd103bba86b396ddeba5b1ab04f1a4/xpcom/glue/XREAppData.cpp#51

Do I understand correctly that if notification from Firefox/Flatpak is clicked on, regular RPM Firefox is opened? You can check that at about:profiles page.
Thanks.

Comment 8

[Vincent]

@Martin That is correct; I have the Flatpak Firefox open, it shows a notification, I click it, and then the regular RPM Firefox is opened.

Comment 9

[Martin Stránský [:stransky] (ni? me)]

Okay, will try that.

Comment 10

[Martin Stránský [:stransky] (ni? me)]

Which flatpak do you run? Fedora or flathub? You can get it by 'flatpak list' terminal command.
Thanks.

Comment 11

[Vincent]

I'm using the version from Flathub. Sorry, should've mentioned that.

Comment 12

[Martin Stránský [:stransky] (ni? me)]

Okay, will check that.