1958290 - www.autoinsurance.org - Unable to leave the site when pressing back button

Status: NEW

(Web Compatibility :: Site Reports, defect, P3)

Description

[railioaie]

Environment:
Operating system: Android 14
Firefox version: Firefox Mobile 136.0

Preconditions:
Clean profile

Steps to reproduce:

1. Navigate to: https://www.autoinsurance.org/auto-insurance-companies-with-the-best-customer-service/
2. Scroll down
3. Tap Back button to leave the site

Expected Behavior:
The user is able to leave the site

Actual Behavior:
Unable to leave the site

Notes:

• Reproduces regardless of the status of ETP
• Reproduces in firefox-nightly, and firefox-release
• Does not reproduce in chrome

Created from https://github.com/webcompat/web-bugs/issues/150982

Comment 1

[Dennis Schubert [:denschub]]

Not quite a backtrap, it's probably just using the History API wrong.

Comment 2

[Kagami Rosylight [:saschanaz] (they/them)]

Called only on mobile: https://www.autoinsurance.org/wp-content/cache/min/1/wp-content/themes/phoenix/js/exit-intent-popup.js?ver=1752775365

if (is_mobile) {
  window.onload = function (evt) {
    if (typeof history.pushState === 'function') {
      history.pushState({
      }, '', null);
      window.onpopstate = function () {
        history.pushState({
        }, '', null);
        pop_it(evt)
      }
    }
  }

Per my observation Chrome just ignores them even though it does add the history entries. Maybe as part of their backtrap prevention? browser.navigation.requireUserInteraction=true is not enough. NI'ing Adam in case he has some idea.