2016694 - The Search/Ask button will flicker when typing inside the Smart bar

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core :: Machine Learning: Frontend, defect, P1)

Description

[Rares Doghi, Desktop QA]

Attachment: Convo.mp4

Found in

• Nightly 149.0a1 (2026-02-13)

Affected versions

• Nightly 149.0a1 (2026-02-13)

Affected platforms

• all

Steps to reproduce

1. Open the Smart Window.
2. Type anything inside the Smart bar.

Expected result

• The Search/Go/Ask state should only be displayed after the user is finished typing.

Actual result

• Each character input will cause the Search/Ask button to change and flicker.

Regression range
N/A

Comment 1

[echa]

Attachment: Bug 2016694 - The Search/Ask button will flicker when typing inside the Smart bar r?flozia,mak

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/dd8b82af59a2
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/c2dd2a03bfa5
The Search/Ask button will flicker when typing inside the Smart bar r=flozia,urlbar-reviewers,ai-frontend-reviewers,jteow

Comment 4

[pstanciu]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/c2dd2a03bfa5

Comment 5

[pstanciu]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/c2dd2a03bfa5

Comment 6

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco]]

Since nightly and release are affected, beta will likely be affected too.
For more information, please visit BugBot documentation.

Comment 7

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco]]

Since nightly and release are affected, beta will likely be affected too.
For more information, please visit BugBot documentation.

Comment 8

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco]]

Since nightly and release are affected, beta will likely be affected too.
For more information, please visit BugBot documentation.

Comment 9

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco]]

The patch landed in nightly and beta is affected.
:echa, is this bug important enough to require an uplift?

• If yes, please nominate the patch for beta approval.
  • See https://wiki.mozilla.org/Release_Management/Requesting_an_Uplift for documentation on how to request an uplift.
• If no, please set status-firefox150 to wontfix.

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Comment 10

[Rares Doghi, Desktop QA]

Verified as fixed in our latest Nightly 151.0a1 (2026-04-02)

Comment 11

[Rares Doghi, Desktop QA]

Updating the main status flag.