Closed Bug 481592 Opened 15 years ago Closed 15 years ago

Starting Private browsing from window-less state clears complete history for window after exit

Categories

(Firefox :: Private Browsing, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Private Browsing
Version:
3.5 Branch
Platform:
All
macOS
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
critical

Tracking

()

Status:
VERIFIED INVALID

People

(Reporter: whimboo, Unassigned)

Details

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.1b3pre) Gecko/20090304 Shiretoko/3.1b3pre ID:20090304022008

When the private browsing mode is started from a window less state after exiting the mode all session information are lost. That includes the "history | recently closed tabs" and the bfcache. Also only all tabs are killed and only a blank tab is displayed!

Steps:
1. Close all windows
2. Enter Private Browsing mode
3. Leave Private Browsing mode
4. Inspect the History menu

This is a critical regression which is caused by the checkin of bug 480874.
Flags: blocking-firefox3.1?
Sorry, the patch is on bug 481090.
Blocks: 481090
No longer blocks: 480874
Reading bug 481090 this is expected?
Yes, this is completely expected behaviour.  If you close all of the windows, then start private browsing, why would you expect exiting private browsing to go back to your previous windows?  The previous state was "nothing is open" so we go back to that.
No longer blocks: 481090
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Keywords: dataloss, regression
Resolution: --- → INVALID
That's true. My fault. Marking as verified.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Flags: blocking-firefox3.1?
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