1982027 - The market Opt In section is displayed again after restarting the browser even if it was previously dismissed using the “Don’t show these suggestions” drop down option

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Description

[Valentin Bandac [:vbandac], Ecosystem QA]

[Affected versions]:

• Firefox Nightly 143.0a1 (Build ID: 20250808040847)

[Affected Platforms]:

• Windows 11 x64
• Ubuntu 24.04 x64
• macOS 15.3

[Prerequisites]:

• Have a Firefox Nightly 143 installed.
• Be connected to a “US” server using a VPN client.
• Set the following prefs with the next values:
  -> browser.search.region = US
  -> browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.devtoolsEnabled = true
  -> browser.urlbar.quicksuggest.enabled = true
  -> browser.urlbar.suggest.realtimeOptIn = true
  -> browser.urlbar.quicksuggest.dynamicSuggestionTypes = realtime_opt_in
  -> browser.urlbar.quicksuggest.dataCollection.enabled = false
  -> browser.urlbar.merino.timeoutMs = 2000
• Using the RS addon, change the environment to Stage and restart the browser.

[Steps to reproduce]:

1. Open the browser with the profile from prerequisites.
2. Focus the Address Bar.
3. Type a market specific keyword (e.g.: stocks, shares, s and p, netflix stock, etc.).
4. Click the drop-down button on the right side of the “Not now” button.
5. Click the “Don’t show these suggestions” option.
6. Restart the browser.
7. Focus the Address Bar and type a market specific keyword (e.g.: stocks, shares, s and p, netflix stock, etc.).
8. Observe the results panel.

[Expected result]:

• The “Opt-in” section is NOT displayed.

[Actual result]:

• The “Opt-in” section IS displayed.

[Notes]:

• Attached a screen recording of the issue.
• This issue is NOT reproducible if the “Opt-in” section is dismissed by pressing the “Not now” button.

Comment 1

[Drew Willcoxon :adw]

I don't know what changed but I can't reproduce this. Could you try again with the latest Nightly please? browser.urlbar.suggest.realtimeOptIn should be set to false when you click the menu item. After that, we should stop showing the opt-in, which we do AFAICT.

Comment 2

[Valentin Bandac [:vbandac], Ecosystem QA]

I can confirm that the issue is no longer reproducible. The “Opt-in” section is NOT displayed anymore after being dismissed using the "Don’t show these suggestions" option from the drop-down menu of the "Not now" button. The browser.urlbar.suggest.realtimeOptIn pref is set to false in about:config after clicking the above mentioned menu option.
Tested on the latest Firefox Nightly 143.0a1, BuildID: 20250817090944, on Windows 10 x64, Windows 11 x64, macOS 15.6 and Ubuntu 24.04 x64.
Considering this, i will mark the bug as Verified - Fixed.