2014198 - Chrome keeps seizing Firefox and posting a webpage that is all Chrome.

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Firefox :: Untriaged, defect)

Description

[Jim Quarles]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:147.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/147.0

Steps to reproduce:

Simply open Firefox on my desktop computer and about an hour later Chrome opens a page in Firefox. It is all an ad about how much better Chrome is.

Actual results:

Chrome opens a page in Firefox.

Expected results:

Chrome shouldn't affect Firefox.

Comment 1

[Simona Badau, Desktop QA]

Hi Jim, thanks for reporting this. I’m trying to reproduce the issue but I need a bit more information to understand what’s happening:

1. Could you clarify what you mean by “Chrome opens a page in Firefox”? Is a Chrome window actually controlling Firefox, or do you see a Firefox window open a page with Chrome branding/ads?
2. Does this happen consistently on any website, or only after a certain period or action?
3. Could you provide a screenshot or a short screen recording showing this behavior?
4. Are there any Chrome or Firefox extensions, or third-party apps, running that might affect browser behavior?