1964370 - The options from the "Why Are You Reporting This?" dialogs are interconnected

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: New Tab Page, defect)

Description

[Simona Rosu [:srosu], Ecosystem QA]

Attachment: rec_of_the_issue.gif

[Affected versions]:

• Firefox Nightly 140.0a1 (Build ID: 20250502094430)
• Firefox Beta 139.0b3 (Build ID: 20250502090704)

[Affected Platforms]:

• Windows 10 x64
• macOS 14.7.1
• Ubuntu 24.04

[Prerequisites]:

• Have the latest version of the Firefox Nightly 140.0a1 build installed/extracted and opened.
• Have the following prefs set in the “about:config” page:
  • browser.search.region set to US
  • browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.discoverystream.reportAds.enabled set to true
  • browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.discoverystream.sections.enabled set to true

[Steps to reproduce]:

1. Restart the browser and open a new tab.
2. Hover over any non-sponsored card from the new tab page and click the 3 dots context menu.
3. Select the "Report this content" option.
4. Select the first option from the "Why are you reporting this?" dialog box and click the "Submit" button.
5. Hover over any sponsored card from the new tab page and click the 3 dots context menu.
6. Select the "Report this ad" option.
7. Observe the options from the "Why are you reporting this?" dialog box.

[Expected result]:

• No option is selected.

[Actual result]:

• The first option is selected.

[Notes]:

• This issue is not reproducible when the fourth option is selected as the "Why Are You Reporting This?" dialog of the ads contains only 3 options.
• This issue is also reproducible between the "Why Are You Reporting This?" dialogs of the non-sponsored cards.
• This issue is also reproducible between the "Why Are You Reporting This?" dialogs of the ads.
• This issue is not reproducible if a page refresh is made after closing the first dialog.
• Attached is a screen recording of the issue.

Comment 1

[Simona Rosu [:srosu], Ecosystem QA]

We have encountered a new behavior that is caused by this issue:

• A “new tab” event containing a wrong “report_reason” key specific to the “Report this ad” dialog box is registered after canceling/submitting a report of any ad with any option selected, and submitting a report of a non-sponsored card with the pre-selected option.
• This behavior occurs with any pre-selected option.
• This is a link to the generated event.

Due to this behavior, I am adjusting the severity of this issue to S3.

Comment 2

[Reem Hamoui]

Attachment: Bug 1964370 - Clear checked radio button after reporting modal closes. r=#home-newtab-reviewers

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/cfa036a2541d
Clear checked radio button after reporting modal closes. r=home-newtab-reviewers,npypchenko

Comment 4

[Sandor Molnar[:smolnar]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/cfa036a2541d

Comment 5

[Simona Rosu [:srosu], Ecosystem QA]

I have verified this issue using the latest Firefox Nightly 140.0a1 (Build ID: 20250512213630) build on Windows 10 x64, macOS 14.7.1, and Ubuntu 24.04.1.

• The options from the 'Why Are You Reporting This?' dialogs are no longer interconnected on non-sponsored and ad cards.
• No telemetry is registered after submitting a report of an ad.

Comment 6

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco]]

The patch landed in nightly and beta is affected.
:rhamoui, is this bug important enough to require an uplift?

• If yes, please nominate the patch for beta approval.
  • See https://wiki.mozilla.org/Release_Management/Requesting_an_Uplift for documentation on how to request an uplift.
• If no, please set status-firefox139 to wontfix.

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