265920 - If a timeout from a webpage is recieved while navigating a subfolder in bookmarks menu, the subfolder will no longer be accessable unless firefox is restarted.

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[Kevin Allen]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041020 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041020 Firefox/1.0

suprnova.org often has timeout problems. If it is open as forward page or a
tabbed page and one of those timeouts sends a pop up hwile navigating s
subfolder in the bookmarks menu.  Said subfolder will no longer open until
firefox has been restarted.  Though other subolders in the bookmarks menu will
continue to function normally.
 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Navigate to a page which will cause a timeout
2. Have the bookmarks menu open with a subfolder expanded
3. Acknowledge timeout
4. Try to reexpand the subfolder in the bookmarks menu

Actual Results:  
Subfolder is inaccessible

Expected Results:  
Allowed the folder to expand, function the way it was before the timeout pop up

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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Comment 3

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

sorry for bugspam, long-overdue mass reassign of ancient QA contact bugs, filter on "beltznerLovesGoats" to get rid of this mass change