401331 - Master Password Reset does not offer to set a new Master Password on restart

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Security: PSM, defect)

Description

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; en-US; rv:1.9a9pre) Gecko/2007102605 Minefield/3.0a9pre

Found during testing for Bug 398886

When you reset the Master Password you won't be prompted to enter/change one when you launch it again. Only if you reset the MP and then save a new login in the same session !

Even this will happen in the same session everytime when you want to save a password.

Steps to Reproduce:
-> Set a Master Password
-> Reset the Master Password
-> Check the Prefs/Options "use a Master password" is unchecked
-> Go to a Site with Login and Save the Password
-> A Dialog pop up to set a new Master Password

-> Restart Minefield
-> Safe a Password
-> No Dialog for a new Master Password

I think when you reset a Master Password the expected result should be a new offer for a new Master Password when you save next time a Password, even when you restart the Browser.

Comment 1

[Damon Sicore (:damons)]

Good idea, but not a blocker. -'ing per release drivers.

Comment 2

[Nelson Bolyard (seldom reads bugmail)]

Wrong product

Comment 3

[Dana Keeler (she/her) [:keeler]]

Unless I'm misunderstanding, resetting the master password means removing it, so I don't think there's an expectation that the browser will proactively offer to set one. Furthermore, I can't reproduce the behavior described in comment 0 with regard to the browser offering to set a new master password, so I think this is WFM.