1952455 - [contextual-password-manager] Editing a password in one window closes a different Edit form in another window

Status: NEW

(Toolkit :: Password Manager, defect)

Description

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

Attachment: video showing the issue

Found in

• 138.0a1 (2025-03-06)

Affected versions

• 138.0a1

Preconditions

• Have the pref ‘browser.contextual-password-manager.enabled’ set to true
• Have the Passwords sidebar opened
• Have some saved logins

Tested platforms

• Affected platforms: macOS 14, Windows 11, Ubuntu 22.04
• Unaffected platforms: none

Steps to reproduce

1. Click the "Edit" button for any saved login
2. Open a new window (Ctrl+N/Cmd+N) and click the "Edit" button for a different login than the one in step 1
3. Press the "Save" button and observe the behavior

Expected result

• The "Edit password" from should remain open in the first window

Actual result

• The "Edit password" from is dismissed in the first window when saving a different login in the second window

Regression range

• Not a regression, as this is a new feature

Additional notes

• See the attached video
• Also reproducing for the "Add password" form