1933461 - “Save to Pocket” option is available in the context menu for both sponsored and non-sponsored Pocket cards from the New Tab page if the new content card UI is enabled

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: New Tab Page, defect)

Description

[Alexandru Bejenaru [:abejenaru], Ecosystem QA]

Attachment: sponsored.png

[Notes]:

• This issue is not reproducible if the “browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.discoverystream.sections.cards.enabled” pref is set to “false”.
• In case of non-sponsored cards this option is doubled as the “Save to Pocket” button is displayed while hovering the card.

[Affected versions]:

• Firefox Beta 134.0b1, BUILD ID: 20241125200000.
• Firefox Nightly 135.0a1, BUILD ID: 20241125205949.

[Affected Platforms]:

• Windows 10.
• Ubuntu 22.04.
• macOS 14.7.1.

[Prerequisites]:

• Have a new profile with the “browser.search.region” pref from the “about:config” page set to any region where Pocket is available.
• In the same profile, have the “browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.discoverystream.sections.cards.enabled” pref from the “about:config” page set to “true”.
• Use a VPN connection in the same region in order to get sponsored cards.

[Steps to reproduce]:

1. Open the browser with the profile from the prerequisites.
2. Open a new tab page.
3. Hover a sponsored or non-sponsored card and click the contextual menu button.
4. Observe the options available in the contextual menu.

[Expected result]:

• “Save to Pocket” option is not displayed for either card type.

[Actual result]:

• “Save to Pocket” option is available for both sponsored and non-sponsored cards.

[Additional Notes]:

• Attached screenshots of the issue.
• This is not a regression and it's been an issue ever since the new UI was implemented.

Comment 1

[Alexandru Bejenaru [:abejenaru], Ecosystem QA]

Attachment: non-sponsoted.png

Comment 3

[npypchenko]

Attachment: Bug 1933461 - Remove “Save to Pocket” option in the context menu for sponsored stories with Sections UI on r=#home-newtab-reviewers

Comment 4

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/f3675e2cb5dc
Remove “Save to Pocket” option in the context menu for sponsored stories with Sections UI on r=home-newtab-reviewers,thecount

Comment 5

[Cosmin Sabou [:CosminS]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/f3675e2cb5dc

Comment 6

[Alexandru Bejenaru [:abejenaru], Ecosystem QA]

Hello. We were not able to reproduce this issue anymore using Firefox Nightly 138.0a1 Build ID: 20250317094831, on Windows 10 x64, macOS 14.7.1 and Ubuntu 24.04. The "Save to Pocket" option was removed from sponsored cards as part of the refactor of the Context Menu, but it is still available for non-sponsored cards. We believe this is intended since the on-hover Save to Pocket button was removed since this bug was added. As a result I'm marking this as Verified-Fixed, thanks!