1926201 - Firefox crashes after hitting the Esc key while the `Awaiting Location Permission` dialog is displayed and then select the Yes/ No options from the Windows dialog

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1926196

(Core :: DOM: Geolocation, defect)

Description

[Alexandru Trif, Desktop Test Engineering [:atrif]]

Attachment: 1917201_4(1).gif

Found in

• 133.0a1 (2024-10-21)

Affected versions

• 133.0a1 (2024-10-21)
• 132.0
• 131.0.2
• 128.4.0esr

Tested platforms

• Affected platforms: Windows 11 24H2
• Unaffected platforms: Windows 10, macOS 12, Ubuntu

Preconditions

• Windows 11 24H2 (26100.2152) / (26100.2033)
• Geolocation was not used before - make a new Windows user profile and follow the steps

Steps to reproduce

1. Open https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Geolocation_API/Using_the_Geolocation_API#result
2. Click the Show my location button and then click on the Allow button.
3. Press the Esc key on the keyboard.
4. Select the Yes/No option from the Let Windows apps access your location window.

Expected result

• No crash.

Actual result

• Firefox crashes.

Regression range

• Most likely started with bug 1900225.

Additional notes

• Attached a screen recording.
• This has the same crash signature as bug 1926196 but David asked to file separate issues bug1917201#comment33

Comment 1

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

:handyman, since you are the author of the regressor, bug 1900225, could you take a look? Also, could you set the severity field?

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Comment 2

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

Set release status flags based on info from the regressing bug 1900225

Comment 3

[Donal Meehan [:dmeehan]]

:handyman any updates on this? Wondering how the investigation is going and if we can expect anymore fixes?

Comment 4

[David Parks [:handyman]]

I'm looking at the crash again now. I don't think the volume of crashes can be explained by the steps we know in this bug and in bug 1926196. I'm hoping for a more general fix.

Comment 6

[Alexandru Trif, Desktop Test Engineering [:atrif]]

This was verified in bug 1926196 on Windows 11 24h2 aarch 64 and x64.