2026936 - Hitting the Action button recognized as intent will clear the Smart bar instead of submitting the text

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core :: Machine Learning: Frontend, defect)

Description

[Rares Doghi, Desktop QA]

Attachment: SubmitSearch.mp4

Found in

• Nightly 151.0a1 (2026-03-27)

Affected versions

• Nightly 151.0a1 (2026-03-27)
• Beta 150.0b1

Affected platforms

• all

Steps to reproduce

1. Open a Smart Window.
2. Type Crimson Desert in the Smart bar.
3. Hit the Search button using the mouse.
4. Type again and Use the Search With google from the Dropdown.

Expected result

• Selecting the Search button or Search with google from the dropdown should automatically submit the search.

Actual result

• If the User selects Search with google from the dropdown while the intent is also Search it will do nothing.
  If the user clicks the Search button while the intent is search it will clear the text without submitting the text.
  The same issue occurs if the user types www.gamespot.com and then clicks the Go / Go to Site options

Regression range
https://hg-edge.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/pushloghtml?fromchange=71d1f673ae115cf669ca3764bd66f899505f3679&tochange=6b501633140183ea5652d8979c5d1840d3457e8b

I think Bug 2022240 is the cause of this issue.

Comment 1

[echa]

Thanks Rares, yes I believe this issue: If the user clicks the Search button while the intent is search it will clear the text without submitting the text. was introduced by Bug 2022240.

It seems If the User selects Search with google from the dropdown while the intent is also Search it will do nothing. was a pre-existing bug but I can take a look as well

Comment 2

[echa]

Attachment: Bug 2026936 - Hitting the Action button recognized as intent will clear the Smart bar instead of submitting the text r=#ai-frontend-reviewers

• always dispatch on-action-change even when re-selecting the same action
• stop clearing the smartbar during navigation start (avoid interfering with urlbar fallback)

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/4e6679418139
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/7ae16f50a9cd
Hitting the Action button recognized as intent will clear the Smart bar instead of submitting the text r=ai-frontend-reviewers,czhou

Comment 4

[Cosmin Sabou [:CosminS]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/7ae16f50a9cd

Comment 5

[Rares Doghi, Desktop QA]

Verified as fixed in our latest Nightly 151.0a1 (2026-03-29)