1928290 - Enable network.http.referer.sendFromRefresh in Nightly.

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: DOM: Navigation, enhancement)

Comment 1

[Tess Hoffman [:zrhoffman]]

Attachment: Bug 1928290 - Enable sending Referer header from Refresh in nightly. r=smaug!,peterv!,#dom-core

Intent to prototype:

https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-platform/c/Eohf1MXoaT4/m/SB3VFmy5AAAJ

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/3e94e7b568fa
Enable sending Referer header from Refresh in nightly. r=smaug,peterv,dom-core

Comment 3

[amarc]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/3e94e7b568fa

Comment 4

[Ryan VanderMeulen [:RyanVM]]

Is this something we should call out in the Nightly relnotes? Please nominate if so.

Comment 5

[Tess Hoffman [:zrhoffman]]

Release Note Request (optional, but appreciated)
[Why is this notable]: It resolves web compat issues affecting popular sites like Twitch.
[Affects Firefox for Android]: Yes
[Suggested wording]: Nightly sends a referrer from meta refreshes and Refresh headers.
[Links (documentation, blog post, etc)]:
spec: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/semantics.html#pragma-directives:navigate
intent-to-prototype: https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-platform/c/Eohf1MXoaT4/m/SB3VFmy5AAAJ

Comment 6

[Ryan VanderMeulen [:RyanVM]]

Added to the Nightly relnotes.

Comment 7

[Pascal Chevrel:pascalc]

This is riding the trains in bug 1928291, tracking there.