1996249 - Encryption checkbox changes its state for a brief period when the password is changed

Status: ASSIGNED

(Firefox :: Profile Backup, defect, P3)

Description

[Bogdan Maris, Desktop Test Engineering [OOO until Dec 16th]]

Attachment: Gif showing the issue

Found in

• Nightly 146.0a1

Affected versions

• Nightly 146.0a1

Tested platforms

• Affected platforms: Windows 10, Windows 11
• Unaffected platforms: MacOS, Linux

Preconditions

• browser.backup.archive.enabled - true
• browser.backup.restore.enabled - true

Steps to reproduce

1. Go to about:preferences and turn on backup
2. Enable the encryption
3. Add a password and confirm it then click Save
4. Click the "Change password" button
5. Enter a password and confirm it and click Save

Expected result

• No visible changes are seen in about:preference page

Actual result

• The Encryption checkbox is unchecked for 1-2 seconds and then it reverts to its state (check)

Regression range

• Not sure if this is a regression, I can look for one if needed be.

Comment 1

[AmirH [:Amir]]

It's a duplicate

Comment 3

[Bogdan Maris, Desktop Test Engineering [OOO until Dec 16th]]

This is only a visual bug, the data respects the encryption setting.

Comment 4

[Bogdan Maris, Desktop Test Engineering [OOO until Dec 16th]]

Mass change of status-firefox145 from disabled to affected to all my logged bugs since we are actively testing on Firefox 145 at this time.

Comment 5

[Duncan McIntosh [:dmcintosh]]

I'll try taking a look at this.

Comment 6

[Duncan McIntosh [:dmcintosh]]

Attachment: Bug 1996249 - Use enableEncryption itself to change the backup password instead of having to disable first. r=#backup-reviewers