1946718 - [contextual-password-manager] Add/Edit Password Forms are automatically dismissed after performing a search in Password sidebar

Status: NEW

(Toolkit :: Password Manager, defect)

Description

[Bianca Hidecuti, Desktop Test Engineering [:bhidecuti]]

Attachment: video showing the issue

Found in

• 137.0a1 (2025-02-07)

Affected versions

• 137.0a1

Preconditions

• Add the pref ‘browser.contextual-password-manager.enabled’ in about:config and set it to true
• Have the Sidebar panel added to the browser toolbar and enabled
• Have some saved logins

Tested platforms

• Affected platforms: macOS 13, Windows 11, Ubuntu 22.04
• Unaffected platforms: none

Steps to reproduce

1. Click the "Add password" button or "Edit" button in the Password sidebar
2. Fill in all the fields or edit the existing values (do not press the "Save" button)
3. Enter some text in the Search box
4. Observe the behavior

Expected result

• Confirmation notification should be displayed
• The "Add/Edit password" form should remain open and not be automatically dismissed

Actual result

• Confirmation notification is not displayed
• The "Add/Edit password" form is automatically dismissed

Regression range

• Not a regression, as this is a new feature

Additional notes

• See the attached video
• Also reproducing when Edit password form is open and Add password button is clicked
• Also reproducing when switching between sidebar options

Comment 1

[Rebecca]

patch ready to land - high priority