1907922 - Android : open links in app. " Always" option missing since latest release.

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox for Android :: App Links, defect)

Description

[filip.dewit]

Firefox for Android

Steps to reproduce:

Goto settings.
Open links in app
Always setting not there anymore

Actual results:

There is always an question now to open the app and this has influence in our automated workflow in the warehouse.

Expected results:

The option "always" shpulmd be there as before. That way a link is automatically opened in the foreseen app.

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco]]

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

Comment 2

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco]]

The severity field is not set for this bug.
:royang, could you have a look please?

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Comment 3

[Roger Yang [:royang]]

:filip.dewit, can you please confirm that you're in private tab or normal tab. Private tab does not have the "Always" settings since opening your tab in an external app will give your data away.

I could not reproduce this on a normal tab. Please confirm if you're looking at the setting in private tab. Thanks

Comment 4

[filip.dewit]

Yes it is in a private tab.
But since the last update of firefox the return to the app always needs to be confirmed. Something we did not have before. It shows a long message now to ask the user if he is sure he want to do this. So maybe the "Never Ask" option was not there before either but the behaviour has changed.

We use a private tab to validate a LOGON to AZURE servers for a specific application.
Application --> Firefox prvate tab login Azure --> Applicaton.
If we do not use a private tab the login page gives the previous user already filled in the login screen. That is incorrect behaviour for us since this is on pda-scanners used in a warehouse where the device are shared between users.

Comment 5

[Roger Yang [:royang]]

I see. I think this regression might have been caused by Bug 1877583. I'll add this information to the issue. Thanks

Comment 6

[Roger Yang [:royang]]

:filip.dewit, to confirm, the application that we are prompting the user is the same app that trigger Firefox Android for login, correct? (returning to the original application) Another thing to confirm is that the tab that's opened is not a custom tab? Thanks

Comment 7

[filip.dewit]

Yes that is correct. We are prompting from and returning to the same application.

Comment 8

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco]]

:gstoll, since you are the author of the regressor, bug 1877583, could you take a look?

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Comment 9

[Greg Stoll :gstoll]

Roger, do you think you'll be able to look? I've moved off on Android bug fixing. Thanks!

Comment 10

[Roger Yang [:royang]]

Sure, I'll take a look.

Comment 11

[Roger Yang [:royang]]

Attachment: Bug 1907922 - Redirect to external app without prompt when authenticating

Comment 12

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/601d2dd32e1e
Redirect to external app without prompt when authenticating r=android-reviewers,avirvara

Comment 13

[Sandor Molnar[:smolnar]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/601d2dd32e1e

Comment 14

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco]]

The patch landed in nightly and beta is affected.
:royang, is this bug important enough to require an uplift?

• If yes, please nominate the patch for beta approval.
• If no, please set status-firefox131 to wontfix.

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