2051915 - The custom image URL is not applied to the manually added Top Site tile after editing, showing a preview of the Homepage of the website instead

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: New Tab Page, defect)

Description

[Carmen Fat [:cfat] - Ecosystem QA, PTO until September 4th - NI to: [e-mail]]

Attachment: added tile image edit.mp4

[Affected versions]:

• Firefox Nightly 154.0a1 (Build ID: 20260630215321)

[Affected Platforms]:

• Windows 11 x64
• macOS 15.7.4
• Ubuntu 24.04 x64

[Prerequisites]:

• Have Firefox Nightly 154 installed on your machine.
• Make sure the following pres are set in about:config:
  -> browser.nova.enabled = true
  -> browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.nova.enabled = true
  -> browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.topSitesGroupedPins = true

[Steps to reproduce]:

1. Open the browser with the profile from the prerequisites.
2. Open a new tab and click the “Add shortcut” button.
3. Type a title and URL, then click the “Add” button (e.g. CNN, www.cnn.com).
4. Click the “...” menu of the newly added tile and choose the “Edit” option.
5. Click the “Use a custom image…” link.
6. Paste the URL in the field (e.g. https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1533371452382-d45a9da51ad9?q=80&w=1173&auto=format&fit=crop&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D).
7. Click the “Preview” button, then the “Add” one.
8. Observe the behavior.

[Expected result]:

• The tile displays the image from the URL added at step 6.

[Actual result]:

• The tile displays the Homepage preview of the website added at step 3.

[Notes]:

• Attached is a screen recording of the issue.
• I was not able to reproduce the behavior with the browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.topSitesGroupedPins pref set to false.

Comment 2

[Scott [:thecount] Downe]

I can confirm this is the same issue as bug 2051919.

Comment 3

[Scott [:thecount] Downe]

Attachment: Bug 2051915 - Newtab when we pin a new shortcut, we don't need to clear the pinned cache.

Comment 4

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/41500e511cfe
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/66750c0df77c
Newtab when we pin a new shortcut, we don't need to clear the pinned cache. r=jbrown

Comment 5

[pstanciu]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/66750c0df77c

Comment 6

[Carmen Fat [:cfat] - Ecosystem QA, PTO until September 4th - NI to: [e-mail]]

I have verified this issue on the latest Firefox Nightly 155.0a1 (Build ID: 20260729095131) and Beta 154.0b3 (Build ID: 20260727090355), on Windows 11 x64, Ubuntu 24.04 x64, and macOS 15.7.4.

• The custom image is now applied to the manually added Top Site tile after editing.