1970315 - services.settings: UnknownCollectionError: Unknown Collection "thunderbird/password-rules"

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Vlad Lucaci, Thunderbird QA (:vlucaci)]

Attachment: Screenshot 2025-06-04 at 11.21.45.png

Affected versions

• 141.0a1(20250603095824)

Affected platforms

• macOS 15

Steps to reproduce

1. Go to Settings -> Privacy&Security
2. Click on "Use a Primary Password"

Expected result

• No errors are displayed in the error console

Actual result

services.settings: Remote Settings startup changesets bundle could not be extracted (TypeError: serverInfo.capabilities.attachments is undefined) remote-settings.sys.mjs:229
services.settings: UnknownCollectionError: Unknown Collection "thunderbird/password-rules"
    UnknownCollectionError resource://services-settings/RemoteSettingsClient.sys.mjs:189
    sync resource://services-settings/RemoteSettingsClient.sys.mjs:660
RemoteSettingsClient.sys.mjs:578

Comment 2

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin] (away until July 8)]

Actually, let's use this bug for the second error showing there: services.settings: UnknownCollectionError: Unknown Collection "thunderbird/password-rules"

Comment 3

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin] (away until July 8)]

First added (-ish) in bug 1725660.

Comment 4

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin] (away until July 8)]

Attachment: Bug 1970315 - Ship empty dump for "thunderbird/password-rules" collection. r=#thunderbird-reviewers

Comment 5

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/ae1f83520bb6
Ship empty dump for "thunderbird/password-rules" collection. r=aleca

Comment 6

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin] (away until July 8)]

Comment on attachment 9494311 [details]
Bug 1970315 - Ship empty dump for "thunderbird/password-rules" collection. r=#thunderbird-reviewers

Uplift Approval Request

• Please state case for uplift consideration and ensure bug severity is set: Console spew
• User impact if declined: Pointless console spew
• Is this code covered by automated tests?: No
• Has the fix been verified in Daily?: Yes
• Has the fix been verified in Beta?: Yes
• Needs manual test from QA?: No
• If yes, steps to reproduce:
• List of other uplifts needed: None
• Risk to taking this patch: Low
• Why is the change risky/not risky? (and alternatives if risky): It's just shipping an empty file to avoid the error in the console
• String changes made/needed: none

Comment 7

[Corey Bryant]

Comment on attachment 9494311 [details]
Bug 1970315 - Ship empty dump for "thunderbird/password-rules" collection. r=#thunderbird-reviewers

[Triage Comment]
Approved for esr140

Comment 8

[Daniel Darnell [:dandarnell]]

Thunderbird 140.0.1esr:
https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/comm-esr140/rev/632d277c4ae7c9ee18ef5e4e74fb261707605478