1981178 - Firefox stops showing relevant URL suggestions after I type a certain number of characters

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Firefox for Android :: Search, defect)

Description

[Fernando Marcelino Muniz]

Attachment: It must be related to this bug I managed to record

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Android 15; Mobile; rv:141.0) Gecko/141.0 Firefox/141.0
Firefox for Android

Steps to reproduce:

Typed a website url correctly.

Actual results:

When I was typing the first 3ish letters the correct result was showing, I noticed right as I was correctly typing more, then it disappeared from the suggestions.

Expected results:

The site should have remained among the suggestions because I typed it correctly.

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'Firefox for Android::General' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please correct in case you think the bot is wrong.

Comment 2

[Fernando Marcelino Muniz]

I just typed "goo" and it showed a bunch of results from my history as it should, but as I get more exact it starts hiding them (as seen in the attachment).

Comment 3

[Fernando Marcelino Muniz]

Attachment: Other variation of the bug. This is the one I wanted to report.

Comment 4

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The severity field is not set for this bug.
:skhan, could you have a look please?

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Comment 5

[Rhodwell Malicdem [:RJ]]

I wasn’t able to reproduce this. Are you still seeing the issue on the latest Firefox (142)?

Comment 6

[Mira Lobontiu (Android QA)]

I am unable to reproduce the issue on the Firefox for Android Nightly 144.0a1 from 9/13.
Tested with Samsung Galaxy S24 (Android 15), and OnePlus 5T (Android 10).

Comment 7

[Fernando Marcelino Muniz]

Attachment: 143.0.1

This issue is still happening.

Comment 8

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

Firefox desktop is a different product to Firefox for Android for which you originally filed this bug.

Is the original still happening on Firefox for Android?

It would be best to file a separate issue for desktop.

Comment 9

[Fernando Marcelino Muniz]

Attachment: screen-20250921-101716.mp4

Same bug is reproducible on mobile. 143.0 (Build #2016113383)

Comment 10

[Fernando Marcelino Muniz]

(In reply to Fernando M. Muniz from comment #9)

Created attachment 9514591 [details]
screen-20250921-101716.mp4

Same bug is reproducible on mobile. 143.0 (Build #2016113383)

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=stefplays

https://www.youtube.com/@stef-plays

The other team managed to reproduce this issue after having these links in their history, typing the name, then removing the "s" and retypping it. Since I'm having the same issue with the same url in the mobile version, here are the links.