Closed Bug 491964 Opened 16 years ago Closed 16 years ago

Upon opening Firefox, tabs saved from previous session are lost - especially if Firefox is opened by another application or a link in Thunderbird email.

Categories

(Firefox :: Session Restore, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Session Restore
Version:
3.5 Branch
Platform:
x86
macOS
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
critical

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 488930

People

(Reporter: transact, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.1b4) Gecko/20090423 Firefox/3.5b4 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.1b4) Gecko/20090423 Firefox/3.5b4 I always save my session's tabs before quitting Firefox. Sometimes Firefox 'loses' my tabs when I later open Firefox and start a new session. Firefox 'loses' my tabs almost every time it is opened by a link in another application or a link in my email. Reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1.Save tabs and quit Firefox session. 2.Open Firefox by clicking link in my email. 3. Expected Results: Firefox should open with all of my saved tabs from the previous session. Aaaarrgh!
Summary: Upon opening Firefox, tabs saved from previous session are lost - especially if Firefox is opened by another application such as content in Thunderbird email. → Upon opening Firefox, tabs saved from previous session are lost - especially if Firefox is opened by another application such as a link in Thunderbird email.
Summary: Upon opening Firefox, tabs saved from previous session are lost - especially if Firefox is opened by another application such as a link in Thunderbird email. → Upon opening Firefox, tabs saved from previous session are lost - especially if Firefox is opened by another application or a link in Thunderbird email.
Severity: major → critical
Component: Tabbed Browser → Session Restore
QA Contact: tabbed.browser → session.restore
Hardware: Other → x86
Version: unspecified → 3.5 Branch
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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