444789 - Typing a new URL into location bar, hitting enter or the go arrow does nothing

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 376084

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Description

[Andy Stewart]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0

After having Firefox open for a long time I lose the ability to manually enter new URLs into the location bar and have the pages load.  

I type in the URL, and hit enter, nothing happens, the page does not load, nor does the tab show that it is trying to load the page.  Same thing if I click on the green arrow "go" to navigate to the new page.  

If the URL I type is a bookmark however and I click on that bookmark it will load into the tab.  

I have noticed this issue happen several times after I have left firefox open with multiple tabs for extended periods of time (24+ hours).  I have not seen or tested this with 1 tab open only.

If I close firefox down, reload all the same tabs and sites the problem is gone again until I have left it open for long periods of time.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open several tabs and load different sites into each tab.  The only constant site I have had open is Gmail is always one of my tabs that I have open, I am not always logged in though.
2. Use firefox as usual, try to leave at least 5 tabs open at all times.
3. Manually enter in different URLs into the tabs and use the GO or Enter to get to the page.
4. Keep firefox open for at least 24+ hours.
5. Eventually trying to enter manually typed URLs into tabs will not let you use the go button or hit enter to navigate.
Actual Results:  
I have done this 2 times, each time I can go to any of the tabs and type in a new URL and hitting enter or the go button will not even attempt to bring up the web site.  Test URL usually used is http://www.google.com

Expected Results:  
It should load the page at the URL entered.  It should at least look like its trying to connect to the site.

Comment 2

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Verified dup