1928573 - When "Always request desktop site" is on, the "Desktop site" toggle is always off.

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox for Android :: Settings, defect, P2)

Description

[bc]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Android 14; Mobile; rv:133.0) Gecko/133.0 Firefox/133.0

Steps to reproduce:

1. Go to Settings > Site settings and turn on "Always request desktop site"
2. Go to a website
3. Press the 3 dots button and notice that check the "Desktop site" toggle

Actual results:

• Desktop site is toggled off
• Pressing the toggle does not change the appearance of the toggle to toggle on, nor does it change the page to mobile site. However, it does refresh the page.

Expected results:

• If the desktop site is to have functionality with toggle on, it should display on by default, and should toggle off (showing mobile site) when toggled.
• Otherwise, it should not be displayed in the menu.

Comment 1

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

Thanks for reporting this issue

Comment 2

[bc]

I would like to add that in case you don't see the result occuring, try closing and opening the browser as the "Always request desktop site" toggle only activates upon browser restart.

Comment 3

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

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

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Comment 4

[Mira Lobontiu (Android QA)]

I was able to reproduce this on all versions of Firefox for Android: 133.0, Beta 134.0b1, and Nightly 135.0a1.
Tested with Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (Android 9), and Google Pixel 6 (Android 15).
I'll confirm the ticket.

Comment 5

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

The bug is marked as tracked for firefox133 (release), tracked for firefox134 (beta) and tracked for firefox135 (nightly). However, the bug still isn't assigned and has low severity.

:royang, could you please find an assignee and increase the severity for this tracked bug? If you disagree with the tracking decision, please talk with the release managers.

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Comment 6

[Donal Meehan [:dmeehan]]

Setting 133, 134, and 135 to disabled.
Bug 1934259 moved the feature behind a flag.

Comment 7

[Iorga Gabriel]

Attachment: Bug 1928573 - When "Always request desktop site" from settings is modified, all the active sessions should refresh to reflect the changes.

Comment 8

[Cathy Lu [:calu]]

Hey Mira or QA, could you re-verify this bug is still an issue? The attached WIP is an unrelated change regarding current tab's behavior. We want to double check on the bug.

Comment 9

[Mira Lobontiu (Android QA)]

Thanks for tagging us!

The issue is no longer reproducible on the Fenix nightly 137.0a1 from 2/12.
Tested with Google Pixel 9 Pro (Android 14), OnePlus 5 (Android 10), and Google Pixel 6 (Android 15).

When the "Always request desktop site" toggle is ON, all the pages opened after open in desktop mode, and have the "Desktop site" toggle ON.

Comment 10

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

Since nightly and release are affected, beta will likely be affected too.
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Comment 11

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

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

• If yes, please nominate the patch for beta approval.
• If no, please set status-firefox136 to wontfix.

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Comment 12

[Donal Meehan [:dmeehan]]

Fx136 is disabled, it was enabled in Fx137 under Bug 1945885