1981729 - [macOS] The ‘NEW’ label for ‘Search image with Google Lens’ option is missing

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Search, defect, P1)

Description

[Ardelean Oana, Desktop Test Engineering [:oardelean]]

Attachment: Screen Shot 2025-08-07 at 3.44.58 PM.png

Found in

• Nightly 143.0a1;

Affected versions

• Nightly 143.0a1;

Tested platforms

• Windows 10;
• macOS 15;
• Ubuntu 22;

Affected platforms

• macOS 15;

Unaffected platforms

• Windows 10;
• Ubuntu 22;

Preconditions

• Google set as default engine.
• browser.search.visualSearch.featureGate set to true.
• remote-settings connected to STAGE

Steps to reproduce

1. Launch Firefox.
2. Navigate to a page that contains images (e.g. https://www.britannica.com/list/7-female-firsts-in-us-politics).
3. Right-click on an image.

Expected result

• The ‘NEW’ label is shown after the "Search Image with Google Lens" option.

Actual result

• The ‘NEW’ label is missing.

Regression range

• Not a regression.

Comment 1

[Drew Willcoxon :adw]

Thanks, I can't reproduce this. On the affected Firefox, could you run the following in the browser console and paste the output here please?

(function(){
let today = new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 10);
let url = Services
  .search
  .getEngineByName("Google")
  .wrappedJSObject
  .getURLOfType("application/x-visual-search+html");
console.log({
  today,
  isNewUntil: url.isNewUntil,
  isNew: url.isNew(),
});
})();

Comment 2

[Adrian Florinescu [:aflorinescu]]

On Mac 11.7.4 affected with 143.0a1 (2025-08-09) (64-bit): Object { today: "2025-08-09", isNewUntil: "2025-10-14", isNew: true }

Comment 3

[Drew Willcoxon :adw]

Thanks, the New badge is supported only on macOS 14 and later, so it won't show up on 11. We use a macOS menu item API that's only available on 14 and later. We don't plan to show it on earlier macOS versions -- or really have any way to show it -- so I'll close this bug, but please let me know if you find any more problems.