1965475 - [SearchConfig V2] Baidu is not the default search engine on region CN (China) and language zh-CN (Simplified Chinese)

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox for Android :: Search, defect)

Description

[Delia Pop (Android QA)]

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Steps to reproduce

1. Set the Region of the device to CN, and the locale to zh-CN.
2. On Firefox for Android Nightly - Secret Settings - enable the "Remote Search Configuration" toggle, and restart the app.
3. Go to Settings > Search > Default search engine and observe the selected default search engine.

Expected behavior

Baidu is the default search engine for users with region = CN (China) and language = zh-CN (Simplified Chinese).

Actual behavior

Google remains selected as default search engine.

Device information

• Firefox version: 140.0a1 Nightly from 05/09
• Android devices: Google Pixel 8 Pro (Android 15), any device

Additional information

Google is the selected as default search engine before enabling "Remote Search Configuration" toggle as well.

Comment 1

[Delia Pop (Android QA)]

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This issue in no longer reproducible in the latest Nightly 140.0a1 from 05/16. Baidu is correctly selected as the default search engine for users with region = CN (China) and language = zh-CN (Simplified Chinese).
Tested with the following devices: Google Pixel 8 Pro (Android 15), Vivo v23 (Android 14), Google Pixel 6 (Android 16).