1899844 - Prompted to refresh Firefox after running it for several months

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Toolkit :: Startup and Profile System, defect)

Description

[Hitsin Vimpula]

Steps to reproduce:

Keep computer and Firefox running for many months without restarting, then restart

Actual results:

After restarting, Firefox thinks it hasn't been used in a long time and suggest "refreshing" it along with welcoming me back

Expected results:

Not prompted to refresh since the time since last usage is not high, even if time since last launch is

Comment 1

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

The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'Firefox::Address Bar' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please correct in case you think the bot is wrong.

Comment 2

[Karandeep Lubana [:klubana]]

We don't think this is related to the address bar but instead is related to the info bar, and hence moving to the Migration component.

Comment 3

[Daniel Bodea [:danibodea]]

I can confirm the described behavior by launching the browser, changing the system's date ahead 1-2 months and then simply restarting the browser. The refresh firefox infobar is being displayed.

Comment 4

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

Since nightly and release are affected, beta will likely be affected too.
For more information, please visit BugBot documentation.

Comment 5

[:Gijs (he/him)]

Yes, there are some known limitations in the code that tries to determine whether or not Firefox has been in use. Bug 1054947 has some discussion.

As a workaround, you can go to about:config, type in browser.disableResetPrompt and create a boolean pref and set it to true.

Comment 6

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

I think it's worth keeping these bugs separate as they are caused by different underlying problems.

Comment 7

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

Bug 1054947 should have resolved this.