311878 - Page doesn't load when browser launched by external link and software updater runs

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Toolkit :: Application Update, defect)

Description

[Wayne Woods]

Steps to reproduce:
- Wait till the auto-updater has downloaded a new update
- Elect to restart *later*, rather than immediately
- Close the browser
- Click on an external link, such as in a piece of mail (I used Apple's Mail app)
- The browser launches and the new update is installed
- The browser opens a blank page. The page for the external link is never loaded.

Seems to be a Mac OS X-only bug. At least, I couldn't reproduce on Win XP.

It seems to be a similar issue to the one I raised in bug 251613 comment 4,
though in that case it's the profile migrator that is killing the external link.

Comment 1

[Tom]

Not just Mac-OS X.  I'm using Windows XP SP2 and getting the same problem with the newst Branch builds of Firefox.

Comment 2

[Wayne Woods]

I'm not. I run Win XP SP 2 as well, with the latest Firefox nightlies. I can't reproduce this problem with that setup. If the browser is closed, I reopen it by clicking on a link in Thunderbird, and the update installer launches when I open it, it still loads the page when it's done updating. I can only reproduce on Mac OS X.

Comment 3

[Mark Mentovai]

Fixed in bug 345057.