1986458 - “Mozilla VPN” link loses focus with keyboard navigation

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: IP Protection, defect)

Description

[Valentina Virlics [:vvalentina], Ecosystem QA]

Attachment: bandicam 2025-09-02 14-14-02-055.mp4

[Affected versions]:

• Firefox Beta 143.0b7;
• Nightly 144.0a1 (25/09/02)

[Affected Platforms]:

• Windows 10 x64;

[Prerequisites]:

• Be enrolled in the “IP Concealment - Alpha variant” experiment.
• Be logged in with an account without subscription for Mozilla VPN.

[Steps to reproduce]:

1. Open the browser using the profile from the prerequisites on a first device.
2. Turn Firefox VPN ON.
3. Use the keyboard and navigate to the “Mozilla VPN” link.

[Expected result]:

• “Mozilla VPN” is focused and remains selected until navigating to the next item.

[Actual result]:

• “Mozilla VPN” loses focus very quickly.

[Notes]:

• Not reproducing for OFF state.

Comment 1

[Santiago]

Moving this to "at-scale follow ups" (1985840) given the severity is pretty low and doesn't affect the core functionality.