225710 - "Enter the master password for the Software Security Device" window appears several times

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 369963

(Core Graveyard :: Security: UI, defect, P2)

Description

[Andrey Kiryanov]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031023
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031023

When I open a mail window or just a web page which requires access to my stored
paswords "Enter the master password for the Software Security Device" window
appears. If I just leave it hanging on the screen the second window will appear
in a couple of minutes, then third (I never managed to get more than 3 windows
at a time).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.logout from the passowrd manager (you must have the Master Password enabled)
2.open a mail window (if you have a stored mail passwords) or a web page which
requires a stored pasword
3.wait for 5 minutes or so

Actual Results:  
You'll have 3 "Enter the master password for the Software Security Device"
windows hangind on the screen.

Expected Results:  
Only one window should appear.

Comment 1

[Kai Engert (:KaiE:)]

Thanks for the bug report.

Is this a new bug in Mozilla 1.5?
Or did you see it in older versions like 1.4, too?

Comment 2

[Andrey Kiryanov]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Is this a new bug in Mozilla 1.5?
> Or did you see it in older versions like 1.4, too?

I think I've seen it in older versions, but I'm not 100% sure.

Comment 3

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Comment 4

[Andrey Kiryanov]

The bug is still there. New "Enter the master password for the Software Security
Device" window appears every ~45 seconds. (mozilla 1.7.12 GTK2+Xft).
Also I see no sense in the "cancel" button in this dialog 'cause window
reappears again right after pressing it :)

Comment 5

[Marc Bejarano]

this is espcially noticeable when using the session save and restarting with lots of open tabs and windows.  sometimes other modal dialogs steal the focus from you and things are happening so slowly that you can't get back to the master security device password prompt before another pops up :(

Comment 6

[Michael Kraft [:morac]]

This still exists in the latest Minefield nightly.  I'm not sure why Firefox can't just reuse the existing modal window every time it wants to ask for a password.  I actually locked up the browser by hibernated Windows and I came back and there were hundreds of windows asking for my master password.

Comment 7

[Simon Bünzli]

Duping to the newer bug which contains a suggestion for how to resolve this issue.