1993759 - Empty title on new foreground tab causing blank bookmark title

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Firefox for Android :: Bookmarks, defect, P3)

Description

[John Navas]

Attachment: bookmark.jpg

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open https://bsky.app/
2. Touch a post to open it
3. Add bookmark and touch Edit

Actual results:

Edit bookmark has a blank Name (title)

The bug only occurs on certain websites or use cases.
Most websites work properly.
Work-around is to reload the tab.
The bug does not occur on desktop.

Verified on:

143.0.4 (Build #2016118135), 08388fb6b18c61dbb3d0baa9bee4e7440b85f671
GV: 143.0.4-20251003115653
AS: 143.0
OS: Android 16

144.0b11 (Build #2016118911), f660a0d2ea6d876683b70a254b2485ac030710fc
GV: 144.0-20251007130639
AS: 144.0.1
OS: Android 16

This bug also affects

• Sharing to Gmail (blank subject)
• Page Mail extension (blank subject)

Expected results:

Edit bookmark should have a populated Name (title)

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco]]

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

Comment 2

[Cathy Lu [:calu]]

I wasn't able to reproduce this, can QA try?

Jeff, is this something Product could look at to find a better user experience for when a tab is bookmarked without a title?

Comment 3

[John Navas]

I just reproduced the problem reliably in Firefox Beta with all extensions disabled:

145.0b7 (Build #2016122735), c699a19d79ca1f03f507cdd669d7dc19bfc6b73a
GV: 145.0-20251027114755
AS: 145.0
OS: Android 16

Comment 4

[John Navas]

p.s. Please note that more than just bookmarks are affected:

This bug also affects
• Sharing to Gmail (blank subject)
• Page Mail extension (blank subject)

Comment 5

[Jeff Boek [:boek]]

I was also able to reproduce it. Putting it on our backlog

Comment 6

[Adina Petridean QA [:apetridean]]

This issue is still reproducible on the latest Nightly 146.0a1-29.10.2025 using Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra (Android 14).

Comment 7

[John Navas]

Still reproducible on the latest Nightly using Google Pixel 9 Pro:
147.0a1 (Build #2016129447), b50fe26f971156e4967c642fb43cf26f5e69eb1d
GV: 147.0a1-20251201102759
AS: 147.20251127050325
OS: Android 16

Comment 8

[Êë2kZb0Á]

Can confirm this, from Android 9 all the way through Android 15. Across various make & model devices, which include phones, phablets & tablets.

Currently on latest release version on all devices, and this still occurs. Normally I have to manually delete the empty-title bookmark, then refresh the website & then add it to bookmarks again. Only after doing the above does it show a bookmark title.

Comment 9

[John Navas]

Still reproducible on the latest Nightly using Google Pixel 9 Pro:
148.0a1 (Build #2016135391), 07ba6ba12d1c69befe885e47497d575e39f9bbee
GV: 148.0a1-20260101090333
AS: 148.20251231050147
OS: Android 16

Comment 10

[John Navas]

Still reproducible on the latest Nightly using Google Pixel 9 Pro:
149.0a1 (Build #2016141343), 78520cf0b7c85ace4d6377edad700fb6383784a1
GV: 149.0a1-20260201090314
AS: 149.20260130211742
OS: Android 16

Comment 11

[John Navas]

Still reproducible on the latest Nightly using Google Pixel 9 Pro:
150.0a1 (Build #2016146719), d196b0e15fb423d4e8dea0a6a924664ca6a7248f
GV: 150.0a1-20260301091022
AS: 150.20260228050320
OS: Android 16

Comment 12

[John Navas]

Still reproducible on the latest Nightly using Google Pixel 9 Pro:
151.0a1 (Build #2016152575), 1369941f425dab52c6a0a3de6b14d9de93376a04
GV: 151.0a1-20260331210827
AS: 151.20260331050213
OS: Android 16

Comment 13

[John Navas]

FIXED in Nightly using Google Pixel 9 Pro:
152.0a1 (Build #2016158423), 135e244c3b91364f2d70bce73f05a4276c68c0ec
GV: 152.0a1-20260501080418
AS: 152.20260430050254
OS: Android 16

Comment 14

[John Navas]

REGRESSION: This bug has returned and is fully reproducible:

152.0.4 (Build #2016169815), e39c605adc0fc049a165d7fe4a3f6517b761edf7
GV: 152.0.4-20260629141727
AS: 152.0.1
OS: Android 17

The underlying regression has broken functionality on the current stable release and is carrying forward into Nightly:

154.0a1 (Build #2016170223), c2ab97e30695ba9c44ff4401a25e3455996e3cc6
GV: 154.0a1-20260701192917
AS: 154.20260701050201
OS: Android 17

Comment 15

[John Navas]

Attachment: Screenshot show blank name field in the Bookmark from Bluesky.

Comment 16

[John Navas]

Work-around, as before, is to refresh the tab before creating the bookmark.

Comment 17

[John Navas]

10 months and still broken.

Comment 18

[John Navas]

Still broken!

Comment 19

[John Navas]

Still broken!