Closed Bug 1939120 Opened 2 months ago Closed 1 month ago

Unified extension button empty when "Never remember history" is selected, clicking it opens about:addons

Categories

(WebExtensions :: General, defect)

Firefox 133
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1814871

People

(Reporter: janharms07, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:133.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/133.0

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Activate option "Never remember history" in about:preferences
  2. Install a random add-on (doesn't matter which one)
  3. Try to click manage on the extensions-button on the top right in order to manage add-ons

Actual results:

The click on the button directs to the page which opens to install new add-ons.
I know that the page opens as well in case that no add-ons are installed but I have two add-ons installed.

Expected results:

The small window to manage add-ons show up.

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

Product: Firefox → WebExtensions
Product: WebExtensions → Firefox

I don't agree with the decision of BugBot because this is not a problem with WebExtensions itself but with the Firefox-side management of them.

(In reply to Jan Harms from comment #0)

  1. Try to click manage on the extensions-button on the top right in order to manage add-ons

This step is not completely clear. I assume you're clicking the unified extension button in the toolbar, which would normally show a dropdown, but here only opens about:addons.

If that's the case, I think that was the right component.

Component: Untriaged → Frontend
Product: Firefox → WebExtensions
Summary: Option "Never remember history" causes unability to manage add-ons → Unified extension button empty when "Never remember history" is selected
Component: Frontend → General
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Summary: Unified extension button empty when "Never remember history" is selected → Unified extension button empty when "Never remember history" is selected, clicking it opens about:addons

(In reply to Francesco Lodolo [:flod] from comment #3)

(In reply to Jan Harms from comment #0)

  1. Try to click manage on the extensions-button on the top right in order to manage add-ons

This step is not completely clear. I assume you're clicking the unified extension button in the toolbar, which would normally show a dropdown, but here only opens about:addons.

If that's the case, I think that was the right component.

Absolutely right! The reason why I moved it to Firefox is that it is not working only in case that "Never remember history" in about:preferences is activated.
But I'm not familiar with Mozilla Bugzilla - so thank's for your reply!

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

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Flags: needinfo?(rob)

Thanks for your report. This is a known issue and already tracked at bug 1814871.

(In reply to Jan Harms from comment #2)

not a problem with WebExtensions itself but with the Firefox-side management of them.

Most bugs related to extensions should be filed in the WebExtensions::General (or Untriaged). From there, the relevant team can investigate the report and triage as needed. "Firefox::General" is the catch-all bucket, triaged by people on a rotation who may not necessarily have as deep of an understanding of the extensions internals as the WebExtensions engineering team.

In case you are looking for duplicate bugs before filing: bugs related to the management of add-ons (UI and internals) are part of Toolkit::Add-ons Manager. This component and all of WebExtensions are triaged by the same people, so if in doubt you can file a bug in WebExtensions, and it will find its way somewhere, eventually.

Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 1 month ago
Duplicate of bug: 1814871
Flags: needinfo?(rob)
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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