507899 - No home page after Private Browsing session

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Private Browsing, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.2) Gecko/20090729 Firefox/3.5.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.2) Gecko/20090729 Firefox/3.5.2

Start a private browsing session while NOT on the home page.
End the session by closing the browser.
When opening a new browser window, it opens on the page I was at when starting PB, NOT my regular home page. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open the browser.
2. Go to some other URL, NOT the home page.
3. Start a private browsing session while NOT on the home page.
3. End the session by closing the browser.
4. Open a new browser window.


Actual Results:  
The browser opens on the page that was open in step 2 above

Expected Results:  
The browser opens on my regular home page

Comment 1

[(no longer active)]

Is this the expected behavior?

Comment 2

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(In reply to comment #1)
> Is this the expected behavior?

Ahm, I meant to add this comment to bug 512168.

This behavior is by design.  The private browsing mode stores the session you were in before entering this mode, and restores it after you exit this mode (whether from the Tools menu or by closing the browser inside the private browsing mode.