451583 - freeze on launching ext. app (firefox) if the latter fails to launch

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[yo]

User-Agent:       Opera/9.52 (Windows NT 5.2; U; en)
Build Identifier: version 2.0.0.16 (20080708)

a click on a URI (link) in the preview message pane causes TB's UI to freeze completely, blocking it completely.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. have a hung default browser (Fx) process; alt. block it on personal Fw;
2. open message with a link, click on it ==> TB freezes
3. until ext. app gets unblocked, or a new (windowless) Fx proc. gets killed.
Actual Results:  
TB's UI gets blocked

Expected Results:  
continue to work

Comment 1

[yo]

Attachment: full stack trace of all threads

Comment 2

[yo]

Attachment: full stack trace of all threads

Comment 3

[Gary Kwong [:gkw] [:nth10sd] (NOT official MoCo now)]

yo, still occurs with Thunderbird 3 beta 2? http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/3.0b2/

Comment 4

[[:Aureliano Buendía]]

Closing Incomplete for lack of answers at 2009-07-09. 

Feel free to reopen if you can provide more information.