Open Bug 1989272 Opened 5 months ago Updated 5 days ago

Live Policies implementation: apply and unapply

Categories

(Firefox Enterprise :: Client, defect, P2)

Product:
Firefox Enterprise
Component:
Client
Platform:
x86_64
Linux
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

People

(Reporter: gerard-majax, Assigned: gerard-majax)

References

(Blocks 3 open bugs)

Details

Currently we have only implemented unblockAboutPage in browser/components/enterprisepolicies/Policies.sys.mjs for the purpose of the demo.

We would need to implement more generic handling for correct live policies applications

Blocks: 1989273
Assignee: nobody → lissyx+mozillians
No longer blocks: 1989273
Blocks: 1989273
Depends on: 1990793
Group: firefox-enterprise
Target Milestone: --- → MVP
Priority: -- → P2
Severity: -- → S3

We did some limited testing for this as well on Firefox Enterprise 149.0a1 (Build ID:20260221191449) in the Alpha test run, and noticed that while BlockAboutConfig value is updated in about:policies, when:

  • set to True it applies without browser restart after 1-2 minutes when accessing about:config
  • Set to False it does not apply without browser restart

Note:
When the policy blocks access, what is seen is this "page is not loading" message so maybe this is caching somehow when unblocking user access without restart.

Please check the list of Live policies we compiled and deny or confirm if they can be used as such.

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