1902727 - Open links in app: Ask before opening → If canceled, the "new window" attribute is ignored

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Firefox for Android :: App Links, defect)

Description

[Denis Müller [:Webworkr]]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Android 14; Mobile; rv:129.0) Gecko/129.0 Firefox/129.0

Steps to reproduce:

In the browser, the "ask before opening" option is selected for the "open links in apps" setting.

Any website is opened that contains a hyperlink for which an installed app is responsible by default (e.g. YouTube). The link has the attribute that the target should be opened in a new tab / window.

Actual results:

The browser ignores the new window instruction when the user opens the link in the browser.

Expected results:

If the link is to be opened in the browser, the browser must follow the link instruction correctly.

Comment 1

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

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Comment 2

[Denis Müller [:Webworkr]]

The behavior continues to occur.

153.0a1 (Build #2016163999), bcfb3a7d5c757fb2a6a6432e1fd72911343aca1a
GV: 153.0a1-20260530092040
AS: 153.20260529050210
OS: Android 16